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ENTER THE GENOME: "Why a Guy is a Guy" (TV story)
February 10, 2001
Ever wonder what makes a guy a guy? To scientists it is that small piece ofthe genetic pie called the "Y". Jack Penland talks to David Page of theWhitehead Center for Genome Research, who authored the first mapof the Y chromosome, and Carina Dennis, senior editor (Genetics) of Nature.
To go to the "Enter the Genome: Audio/Video Index", click here.
some footage courtesy the National Institutes of Health, William A. Mohler, University of Connecticut Health Center, and Larry Zeitlin, Johns Hopkins University