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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBuilding a sex is harder than most people imagine
From PZ Myers' Pharyngula blog...
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/09/18/building-a-sex-is-harder-than-most-people-imagine/
Now will you believe me? I keep saying that sex and sex determination are far more complex than just whether you have the right chromosomes or the right hormones or the right gonads, and now heres a lovely diagram that illustrates some of the steps in sex determination.
The biology is set up to favor driving an individual to one side or the other, but there are so many detours that can be taken en route that it is ridiculous to ignore all the people who end up following a more unique path.
(The image is 4000 pixels wide so you might have to right-click and save it first before you can zoom so you can read it.)
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Building a sex is harder than most people imagine (Original Post)
pokerfan
Sep 2017
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)1. Show this to Cons who claim sex (gender) is simple.
But of course they will go la-la-la-cant-hear-you.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)2. Simple only for the simple minded
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
Voltaire2
(13,061 posts)3. I think that's from the SciAm Gender Issue. It is a great diagram.