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minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoYeah the Y chromosome doesn’t kick in until later in fetal development. There’s actually a surprisingly small amount of biological information stored on the Y chromosome, IIRC the vast majority lies on the X.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s only around 700 genes in the Y chromosome, with only about 70 actually making proteins. Compare the X chromosome with about 800 protein-coding genes and 20-25,000 total genes.
Yeah the Y chromosome doesn’t kick in until later in fetal development.
There’s actually a surprisingly small amount of biological information stored on the Y chromosome, IIRC the vast majority lies on the X.
There’s only around 700 genes in the Y chromosome, with only about 70 actually making proteins. Compare the X chromosome with about 800 protein-coding genes and 20-25,000 total genes.