The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
by
Sarah S. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical—with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple,...