Researchers Find Enzyme Determining Gender of Embryo

[Cindy]

Researchers Find Enzyme Determining Gender of Embryo
Staff Reporter, Nature World News, September 6, 2013 04:24 AM EDT

Researchers have found a key protein that determines the gender of the embryo. According to the study, an enzyme called Jmjd1a unwinds DNA to trigger the male development of the embryo.

The study was conducted by researchers at University of Queensland and Japanese scientists. They found that knocking out the gene, which codes for Jmjd1a enzyme in experimental mice resulted in female progenies, despite the embryo having a Y chromosome. Researchers say that the study will help understand intersex disorders. People with intersex disorders have characterises of both males and females, but they don't belong to either gender.

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Maybe another nail in the coffin of the ignorant who think we choose this way of life?

[Joelene9]

  Thanks, Cindy for that article.  It is another tool in finding the answers to our predicaments here. 

  Joelene