TY  - ADVS
TI  - The meaning of sex
SN  - 9780199777730
AV  - BT 708  .J66 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - United States
PB  - Howard Hughes Memorial Institute
KW  - Genetic sex determination
KW  - Sex chromosomes
N1  - Lecture 1. Deciphering the language of sex -- lecture 2. Hermaphrodities, the safer sex -- lecture 3. Sex and death, too much of a good thing -- lecture 4. Sexual evolution, from X to Y; Speakers: Barbara J. Meyer, David C. Page
N2  - Why does sex exist, and what is its purpose and function? What decides whether an individual will be male of female? How are chromosomes, genes, and molecules involved in determining sex? In four lectures, two leading scientists in the field of sex-determination research answer these questions. DVD also contains biographies of the lecturers, who discuss why they chose careers in science and what they enjoy most about their work
ER  -