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Sex Chromosomes and the Evolution of Species

Monday, September 28th, 2009 - 16:07:37 - Ehud Rattner

Experiments in stickleback fish have shown for the first time that the evolution of new sex chromosomes is the driving force behind the formation of...

Boy, 9, Returns To School As A Girl

Saturday, September 19th, 2009 - 10:44:21 - Anuradha Menon

The unidentified Year Five child left school as a boy and returned the next day as a girl, in female uniform with a ponytail tied in pink ribbon. The...

Sex Differences in Response to Antideprssant

Monday, September 1st, 2008 - 10:24:00 - Ehud Rattner

Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study...

Genetic Clues from Sex Switching Melons

Friday, August 8th, 2008 - 16:24:45 - Anuradha Menon

A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The study, conducted by French...

Mother's Diet Influences Infant Sex

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 - 14:14:57 - Iddo Genuth

New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. Published...

Do Monkeys 'Pay' for Sex?
Monday, March 10th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
A recent study conducted in Indonesia shows that male primates "paid" for sexual access to females in the form of pre-sex...