What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key
theconversation.com
Females have twice as many copies of some genes as males do – and exactly how different species manage this imbalance has puzzled scientists for decades.
  • felixwhynot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    FTA:

    So partial compensation at the level of RNA transcription is balanced by some sort of “post-transcriptional control” that occurs after RNA synthesis to cancel out the difference.

    It will be fascinating to discover how this works.