Science News, May 18th, 1996
The Y chromosome was once considered a vast DNA wasteland, largely devoid of genes, says David C. Page of the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass.
In recent decades, however, researchers have realized that this masculine chromosome contains at least a few dozen genes, including one that enables a developing embryo to become male (SN: 7/28/90, p. 61). Page and his colleagues may soon add another vital gene to the Y chromosome's roster.
In two recent reports, including one in the May 11 Lancet, Page's group has presented evidence that some cases of male infertility ...
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