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Males will disappear in 5 million years, predicts Australian geneticist Jenny Graves

New Delhi: An Australian geneticist Prof Jenny Graves from the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University in Canberra has predicted that the poorly designed Y chromosome, that creates male, is degrading rapidly

India TV News Desk Published : Apr 04, 2013 15:30 IST, Updated : Apr 05, 2013 6:41 IST


"You need a Y chromosome to be male. Three hundred million years ago the Y chromosome had about 1,400 genes on it, and now it's only got 45 left, so at this rate we're going to run out of genes on the Y chromosome in about five million years. The Y chromosome is dying and the big question is what happens then."






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