Description |
2 videocassettes (120 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
Series |
Holiday lectures on science ; 2001
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System Details |
VHS. |
Note |
Closed captioned. |
Performer |
Speakers: Barbara J. Meyer, David C. Page. |
Summary |
Why does sex exist, and what is its purpose and function? What decides whether an individual will be male of female? How are chromosomes, genes, and molecules involved in determining sex? In four lectures, two leading scientists in the field of sex-determination research answer these questions. |
Contents |
Tape A. Lecture 1. Deciphering the language of sex -- lecture 2. Hermaphrodities, the safer sex. Tape B. Lecture 3. Sex and death, too much of a good thing -- lecture 4. Sexual evolution, from X to Y. |
Subject |
Genetic sex determination.
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Sex chromosomes.
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Added Author |
Meyer, Barbara Jean.
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Page, David C.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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