NewsIndiaMales will disappear in 5 million years, predicts Australian geneticist Jenny Graves
Males will disappear in 5 million years, predicts Australian geneticist Jenny Graves
New Delhi: An Australian geneticist Prof Jenny Graves from the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University in Canberra has predicted that the poorly designed Y chromosome, that creates male, is degrading rapidly
"You need a Y chromosome to be male. Three hundred million years ago the Y chromosome had about 1,400 genes on it, and now it's only got 45 left, so at this rate we're going to run out of genes on the Y chromosome in about five million years. The Y chromosome is dying and the big question is what happens then."
