Debbie Roth

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In South America there are nine species of vole from the genus Akodon in which a quarter of females are XY, not XX. Their Y chromosome is complete with SRY, yet they still develop ovaries and produce viable eggs, suggesting they must have an entirely new master switch gene that can suppress the bossy SRY.
Bitch: On the Female of the Species
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