Book Review: The X in Sex
The sex chromosomes — X and Y — have a profound impact on our lives, determining not only what sex we will be but also influencing how we will live or lives. In his book “The X in Sex: How the X chromosome controls our lives” (Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 2003, 205pp), David Bainbridge makes the argument that though it is the Y chromosome that determines our sex, it is the much larger and more gene-rich X chromosome that plays the more important role in mediating subsequent sex differences. [ more … ]