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What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key. (theconversation.com)

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[–] felixwhynot 3 points 6 months ago

FTA:

So partial compensation at the level of RNA transcription is balanced by some sort of “post-transcriptional control” that occurs after RNA synthesis to cancel out the difference.

It will be fascinating to discover how this works.