Men will go extinct?

Previous scientific studies have concluded that the Y chromosome of male sex determination about 200 million years ago contained up to 800 genes but with time, currently, the number of genes in the Y chromosome is only 30.

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The results of this study raise concerns that the remaining 30 genes will disappear at some time in the future. The Y chromosome is no longer available, meaning that men will become extinct.

The number of genes in the Y chromosome is only 30. (Photo: ASKMEN)

However, Jennifer Hughes, the head of the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, confirmed that although the Y chromosome has lost many of the genes that made it in evolution, the remaining 30 genes have proved to be very good. fixed for at least 25 million years.

These genes hold key biological functions of the Y chromosome and thus, men will survive.

The team's conclusion is based on comparing the Y chromosome of humans with the Y chromosome of Rhesus - the monkey has separated from the oldest prehistoric man about 25 million years ago and separated from the chimpanzee 6 million years.

The results show that the Y chromosome declines very rapidly over a certain period of time but has stabilized and retained the most important genes that determine male sex to this day.