Theory of the 'Rotting' Y Chromosome Dealt a Fatal Blow

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Theory of the 'Rotting' Y Chromosome Dealt a Fatal Blow

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2012) — If you were to discover that a fundamental component of human biology has survived virtually intact for the past 25 million years, you'd be quite confident in saying that it is here to stay...

..."We've been carefully developing this clearcut way of demystifying the evolution of the Y chromosome," says Page lab researcher Jennifer Hughes, whose earlier work comparing the human and chimpanzee Ys revealed a stable human Y for at least six million years. "Now our empirical data fly in the face of the other theories out there. With no loss of genes on the rhesus Y and one gene lost on the human Y, it's clear the Y isn't going anywhere."

"This paper simply destroys the idea of the disappearing Y chromosome," adds Page. "I challenge anyone to argue when confronted with this data."...

Phew! Males aren't going to disappear!

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Male Y chromosome extinction theory challenged

Men may not become extinct after all, according to a new study.

Previous research has suggested the Y sex chromosome, which only men carry, is decaying genetically so fast that it will be extinct in five million years' time.

A gene within the chromosome is the switch which leads to testes development and the secretion of male hormones.

But a new US study in Nature suggests the genetic decay has all but ended...

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Yay.

[Ali]

Oh, glad to hear that men are no longer on the Endangered Species list.  Now we can go back to eating and stuffing them, right?

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Oh, glad to hear that men are no longer on the Endangered Species list.  Now we can go back to eating and stuffing them, right?

I knew there was a female conspiracy against us, I just knew it.