Sex itself : the search for male and female in the human genome / Sarah S. Richardson.

  • Richardson, Sarah S., 1980-
Date:
2013
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Publication/Creation

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Physical description

vii, 311 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sex itself -- The odd chromosomes -- How the X and Y became the sex chromosomes -- A new molecular science of sex -- A chromosome for maleness -- Sexing the X -- The search for the sex-determining gene -- Save the males! -- Are men and women as different as humans and chimpanzees? -- Gender and the human genome.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780226084688
  • 022608468X