The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agoIt's pure coincidencelemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down115
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minus-squareMonkeyTownlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 days agoI mean it’s literally shrinking over time… deteriorating. It will very likely eventually become useless, and die out. I guess you can call that evolution if you want… it’s certainly a selection pressure, anyway. https://www.earth.com/news/will-men-disappear-the-y-chromosome-is-constantly-shrinking/
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoThank you for the clarification! I was wondering if you meant literal shrinking, like telomeres, but over generations. I retract my former complaint!
I mean it’s literally shrinking over time… deteriorating. It will very likely eventually become useless, and die out.
I guess you can call that evolution if you want… it’s certainly a selection pressure, anyway.
https://www.earth.com/news/will-men-disappear-the-y-chromosome-is-constantly-shrinking/
Thank you for the clarification! I was wondering if you meant literal shrinking, like telomeres, but over generations. I retract my former complaint!