Chromosomally speaking, what do you know about sex? Take a quiz to find out.

Women have two X chromosomes (XX) and men have one X and one Y (XY), right? Not always, as you’ll learn from the quiz below. Men can be XX and women can be XY. And many other combinations of X and Y are possible. NIGMS Director’sEarly-Career Investigator LectureSex-Biased Genome Evolution Melissa A. Wilson, Ph.D.Arizona State University Wednesday, April 10, 201910:00-11:30 a.m. ET Lecture followed by Q&A sessionInfo on the ECI Lecture webpage You can learn more by listening to the live stream of a talk, titled “Sex-Biased Genome Evolution,” at 10 a.m. ET on April 10. The speaker, Melissa A. Wilson, is a researcher at Arizona State University who uses high-performance computing, statistics, and comparative genomics to study the X and Y chromosomes. Wilson’s 30-minute talk is geared for an undergraduate-level audience and will be followed by a Q&A session. We encourage you use the hashtag #ECILecture to live-tweet the event and submit questions during the Q&A session. For more details about Wilson’s work, background, and upcoming event, visit our ECI Lecture webpage. A videocast of the talk will be available to view live and at a later date. Until then, see how well you do on the quiz below. 1.) Conditions that result from an atypical number of sex chromosomes are frequently diagnosed: a) In infancy, because it’s unclear whether the baby is a girl or boy That’s the case for some people, but many others have...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Category: Research Authors: Tags: Being a Scientist Genes Chromosomes Genetics Genome Genomics Source Type: blogs