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Women get extra dose of X-chromosome genes

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Data may help to explain differences between women and men.

Although men and women may often act like separate species, scientists have long believed they are really not that different when it comes down to their DNA. But now, researchers have found that the sexes differ more than we thought, particularly when it comes to the genes on one crucial chromosome.

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Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey

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