Figure 1: Characterization of the Sox9 locus to identify a testis-specific enhancer. Figure 3: Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays for SF1, SRY and SOX9. Figure 4: Identification of the 1.4-kb ...
The pulse quickens, the heart pounds and adrenalin courses through the veins, but in stressful situations is our reaction controlled by our genes, and does it differ between the sexes? Scientists ...
It’s one of the most important genes in biology: “Sry”, the gene that makes males male. The development of the sexes is a crucial step in sexual reproduction and is essential for the survival of ...
Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation. Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease common in elderly people, is twice as prevalent in men than in women. A new study published ...
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The SRY gene test for women athletes is misguided — I should know, I discovered the gene in 1990
Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, recently announced a new rule for women athletes that requires them to undergo mandatory genetic tests to verify their biological sex. This test must ...
The male Y chromosome has disappeared from a species of rat, leading scientists to investigate how humans might also lose ours in the near future. It's not all bad news for men though, as a paper ...
Athletes will be eligible to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions such as the World Championships only if they clear a one-time gene test in a bid to protect the integrity of ...
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