Sharing my review of "Sex, Genes and Chromosomes," a great new book by geneticist Jennifer A. M. Graves. Molecular biology, function and evolution of sex chromosomes, sex determination, and X-chromosome inactivation, controversial issues in sex and gender. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A gripping account reveals the workings of the remarkable chromosomes that specify male or female development.