The Y chromosome has finally been sequenced: here’s why it matters – podcast
by Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay; sound from Science | The Guardian on (#6E45F)
Twenty years after the first pass at sequencing the entire human genome, the Y chromosome has finally been fully decoded. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Mark Jobling, professor of genetics at the University of Leicester, about why it has proved so tricky, the role of the Y chromosome in our bodies, and the likelihood of it eventually dying out altogether
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