Why is the Y chromosome so short? Is it still shrinking?

The Y chromosome looks like a mistake, but its story is actually super interesting. Thank you everyone who watches.
Sources:
Maloy, S., Hughes, K., & Tyler-Smith, C. (2013). Y Chromosome (Human). In Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics. essay, Elsevier.
Jennifer F Hughes, Helen Skaletsky, Natalia Koutseva, Tatyana Pyntikova and David C Page. (2015) Sex chromosome-to-autosome transposition events counter Y-chromosome gene loss in mammals. Genome Biology
Wilson, J., Staley, J.M. & Wyckoff, G.J. Extinction of chromosomes due to specialization is a universal occurrence. Sci Rep 10, 2170 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58...
Editors, B. D. (2019, June 20). Homologous chromosomes: Definition & examples. Biology Dictionary. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from biologydictionary.net/homolog...
Singer, E., & Quanta Magazine moderates comments to facilitate an informed, S. (2020, May 18). The incredible shrinking sex chromosome. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from www.quantamagazine.org/the-in...
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  • @riareed1269
    @riareed1269 Жыл бұрын

    They’re evolving just backwards 😂

  • @jzwalz51robin45

    @jzwalz51robin45

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you never have male children, you would abuse and destroy them.

  • @nurahone1

    @nurahone1

    Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn’t that be devolving?

  • @aaronwerner3375
    @aaronwerner33754 ай бұрын

    Its because the Y chromosomes are wearing fruit of the looms, but if it was wearing briefs or boxers it would appear longer

  • @berkekaya07
    @berkekaya07 Жыл бұрын

    How on earth i came here while im studying molecular biology hahah, great video

  • @stardewofpyrrhia4381
    @stardewofpyrrhia438113 күн бұрын

    I wonder if we can find older, bigger copies of Y chromosomes in the fossil record and simulate what guys used to look like before so many of their genes were ditched! Maybe even create a system where they have two Y’s to recombine with each other (one turns off, like with the X’s in women)

  • @jilearjackson9863
    @jilearjackson98634 күн бұрын

    😂 this is hilarious, don’t know how I landed here and watched the whole video.

  • @jnharton
    @jnhartonАй бұрын

    Seems more likely that genes which don't select for males vs female might not be critical and are therefore being lost. Who knows what could happen, maybe it'll result in having 48 chromosome pairs with everyone having XX and ( YY or YY' )

  • @Intelligenthumour
    @Intelligenthumour Жыл бұрын

    I honestly think that the Y chromosome shrinking may be something that's selected for, not because of broken genes necessarily, but for genetic volatility in males which are not only the more expendable sex but also have a higher ability to spread their genes amongst a population. Males already are the more variable sex when it comes to measured traits and the lack of a chromosome to effectively "compete" for what is coded/not coded also presents men(as in XY karyotype, as some of these disorders make you intersex like CAIS) being the overwhelming majority of those who suffer from X-recessive disorders for obvious reasons. The idea being that men with Y chromosomes that have less genes to potentially counteract recessive issues on their X chromosome can instead present more clearly all of the traits on said chromosome and have deleterious and recessive genes be selected against. Also if you find yourself more interested in this stuff then you might find the idea of human male haplogroups and their dominance over various populations over time interesting. PBS Eons also recently did a video on human Y chromosomes overtaking Neanderthal Y chromosomes in the past("We Met Neanderthals Way Earlier Than We Thought" is the video title).

  • @ventishiddencentralmilker4429

    @ventishiddencentralmilker4429

    Жыл бұрын

    you're right but this video isn't really about genetics, it's about performing as a quirky intelligent persona, she probably read this off wikipedia 10 minutes before turning the camera on, obviously does not have a rigorous understanding of genetics at all and just wants to promote feminist psuedoscientific distortions to come off like a girlboss or something, too many Marvel movies rotted her brain, your comment will go completely over her head and she will probably get offended by it lol

  • @fomalhauto

    @fomalhauto

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ventishiddencentralmilker4429 It is about genetics. She's explaining stuff in great detail. You're just not paying attention. There is nothing psuedoscientific about it. There are other videos of people confirming what's she going on about.

  • @yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi

    @yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@ventishiddencentralmilker4429lol. What? A y chromosome must have wrote this.

  • @jugomebu

    @jugomebu

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@ventishiddencentralmilker4429😂 only a true munty little man child write and think this. You're adorable and somewhat depressing.

  • @RhNegA-
    @RhNegA-15 күн бұрын

    X, Y...... What about the "Z" chromosome ?

  • @stargazeronesixseven
    @stargazeronesixsevenАй бұрын

    😮 Maybe one of the Professor asked : Why it's so small upon discovering it! Why became shorthen to just Y ... more dignified than being named just a Dot! ... 😊 Thank You So Much The Lab Mouse 🐀 for this illuminating & fascinating tutorial! 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊

  • @ne1cup
    @ne1cup18 күн бұрын

    interesting.

  • @jadhal6649
    @jadhal6649Ай бұрын

    In bird ZZ and ZW Can W can disappear

  • @vikas3141
    @vikas3141 Жыл бұрын

    Nice mam

  • @woodchuck306
    @woodchuck306Ай бұрын

    Perhaps using the word 'gender' might make for greater clarity.

  • @yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi

    @yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi

    28 күн бұрын

    Gender and sex are two different things. This is a biological conversation, not a sociological one.

  • @90daze14

    @90daze14

    26 күн бұрын

    @@yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi💀