Males will disappear in 5 million years, predicts Australian geneticist Jenny Graves
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 DeskPublished : Apr 04, 2013 15:30 IST, Updated : Apr 05, 2013 6:41 IST
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The good news, she said, was that certain rodent species — found chiefly in Eastern Europe and Japan — had no Y chromosome nor the gene (SRY) that switched on the development of testis and pumped out male hormones.