TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bainbridge,David
TI  - The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives
SN  - 9780674020412
AV  - QH600 
U1  - 611/.01816 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - X chromosome
KW  - Genetic sex determination
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Making a Difference -- Interlude: What Is It, Exactly? -- 2. The Duke of Kent's Testicles -- Interlude: How Sexy is X? -- 3. The Double Life of Women -- Epilogue: The Chosen One -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Index
N2  - This cultural and natural history of an intriguing member of the genome traces the journey toward our current understanding of the nature of X. From its chance discovery in the 19th century to the promise and implications of ongoing research, Bainbridge shows how the X evolved and where it and its counterpart Y are going
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