Professor Jenny Graves (Distinguished Professor, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science) explores how a study of Australian animals can provide insights into how chromosomes and genes determine sex and how they evolved.

The Y chromosome that determines male sex traits in humans is predicted to disappear in just 5 million years. If humans don’t become extinct, new sex-determining genes and chromosomes will evolve, maybe leading to the evolution of new hominid species.

The Nancy Millis Public Lecture for 2013.

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