chromosome
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"While the direct evidence of physical advantage in transgender people is pretty strong, the evidence of advantage for those with DSD, even though they have a Y chromosome, is highly disputed."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The human Y chromosome was fully sequenced only recently.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
As men grow older, some of their cells gradually lose the Y chromosome.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Given this history, losing the Y chromosome later in life was once considered insignificant.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
The nucleic acid in a chromosome, as one biochemist put it, was merely the “structure-determining, supporting substance”—a glorified molecular scaffold for genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
