Royal Institution Lectures

The evolution of males and females + Q&A (Judith Mank) (2015x26)

Ausstrahlung: Okt 05, 2015

Judith Mank leads a tour of how sex is genetically programmed and how sex differences evolve. Males and females in many species are often quite different from one another. The sex of an individual can have profound effects on how an organisms behaves, how it looks, how it lives and, in some cases, even how it dies. These differences are the product of different evolutionary forces acting on males and females, sometimes creating substantial conflicts between the sexes. In this talk, Judith Mank gives a quick tour of how sex is genetically programmed and how sex differences evolve.