I thought that the X and Y chromosomes determined gender in animals, but I see no mention of them in your article. Does this mean that on a genetic basis, males and females in these organisms are identical?
Neil H. Murphy Walnut Creek, Calif.
In a sense, yes, says Philip Hastings of the Scripps Oceanographic Institute in La Jolla, Calif.
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