chromosomes
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FX’s Y: The Last Man Series Will Explore How Sex Doesn’t Define Gender
In Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y: The Last Man comic, most of the world’s population of mammals with a Y chromosome — save for one man and his pet capuchin monkey — suddenly perish in a mysterious plague whose origins are never fully explained. Though the comic spends a fair amount of time…
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Science Gets Closer To Artificial Life With First Synthetic Chromosome
Science, man. An international team of scientists have made a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. For the first time ever, they were able to insert a man-made, custom-built chromosome into brewer’s yeast to not only create a life form but one that also passes down its man-made genes to its offspring. We’re closer to creating…