That’s a relief!


Men can be reassured that it looks like the Y-chromosome is not going extinct after all.

(This clip appeared on March 26, 2012. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post.)

Comments

  1. Francisco Bacopa says

    I remember when I first heard about this whole Y chromosome deterioration thing, wouldn’t it have degenerated faster in species that have shorter generation times?

    If it was decaying in big slow breeding primates, shouldn’t it have decayed more in voles or shrews?

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