The weird history of the "sex chromosomes" | Molly Webster

The weird history of the "sex chromosomes" | Molly Webster

By TED

The common thinking on biological sex goes like this: females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y. In this myth-busting talk, science writer and podcaster Molly Webster shows why the so-called "sex chromosomes" are more complicated than this simple definition -- and reveals why we should think about them differently.
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