[thechat] Male Chromosome Seriously Weird
Alan McCoy
a.r.mccoy at larc.nasa.gov
Thu Jun 19 14:46:16 CDT 2003
=> The Y chromosome is probably the weirdest chromosome in the
=> human genome.
=>
=> Scientists already knew that it determines the male sex, but
=> other than
=> that it was considered a genetic junkyard. It contains very
=> few actual
=> genes -- the rest is repetitious, random DNA.
Geez! Don't tell my wife about this...I'll never hear the end of it! ;-)
Alan
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