Human Y chromosome, sex determination, and spermatogenesis - A feminist view

Authors
Graves, JAM
Citation
Jam. Graves, Human Y chromosome, sex determination, and spermatogenesis - A feminist view, BIOL REPROD, 63(3), 2000, pp. 667-676
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
da verificare
Journal title
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
ISSN journal
00063363 → ACNP
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
667 - 676
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3363(200009)63:3<667:HYCSDA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In this review I want to argue that, far from being a macho entity with an all-powerful role in male development, the human Y chromosome is a "wimp." It is merely a relic of the X chromosome, and most or all of the genes it b ears-including the genes that determine sex and control spermatogenesis-are relies of genes on the X chromosome that have other functions altogether.