{"id":1826,"date":"2018-02-13T10:10:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T10:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2018-10-04T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:35:45","slug":"the-y-chromosome-is-disappearing-so-what-will-happen-to-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2018\/02\/13\/the-y-chromosome-is-disappearing-so-what-will-happen-to-men\/","title":{"rendered":"The Y chromosome is disappearing \u2013 so what will happen to men?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article\u00a0by <\/span><\/span>Professor Darren Griffin<\/span><\/a> and <\/span><\/span>Dr Peter Ellis<\/span><\/a> in the <\/span><\/span>School of Biosciences<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for The Conversation UK\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span>has achieved <\/span>more than 1 million reads<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. This places it within the\u00a0<\/span>top 0.2%<\/span><\/span><\/strong> of <\/span>The Conversation<\/span><\/span><\/em> articles by number of reads. It is also <\/span>one of only 34 articles to\u00a0hit the million mark<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Entitled\u00a0\u2018<\/span><\/span>The Y chromosome is disappearing \u2013 so what will happen to men?<\/span><\/a>\u2018, the article, which was published on 17 January, considers\u00a0the future of \u2018the only chromosome not necessary for life\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Conversation UK<\/span><\/em><\/a> is a not-for-profit, independent online\u00a0source of news and views from the academic and research community<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, delivered\u00a0<\/span>direct to the public<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. It aims to allow for better understanding of current affairs and complex issues and hopefully allow for a better quality of public discourse and conversations. It\u00a0is <\/span>free to read and free to share or republish<\/span><\/span><\/strong> under Creative Commons licensing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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