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What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key

By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
Nicholas Lister, Post-doctoral Fellow, UNSW Sydney
Paul Waters, Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Females have twice as many copies of some genes as males do – and exactly how different species manage this imbalance has puzzled scientists for decades.The Conversation


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