NLS Science article

Science article - January 1, 2013

Of chicken and men

Research on chicken chromosomes reassures men that the Y chromosome is here to stay. Egg-laying chickens and human males don’t seem to have much in common. But they inherited their sex in a similar way. In humans, maleness is determined by the Y chromosome. All eggs carry an X chromosome, while sperm carry X or […]

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