Submitted by Which-Community-5851 t3_11njmq7 in askscience
Tropenpinguin t1_jbqpoga wrote
Reply to comment by xilog in Why are Y chromosomes shorter than the X chromosome? by Which-Community-5851
I actually had to look some infos up again and found another fun (?) fact.
In South America there are nine species of vole (genus Akodon) in which a quarter of female are XY, not XX. Their Y chromosome is complete with SRY, yet they still develop ovaries and produce viable eggs. That suggests they must have a entirely new master switch gene that can suppress SRY.
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