This Backyard Bird Has a Lot to Teach Us about Sex Variability White-throated Sparrows demonstrate that traits we usually associate with sex can be influenced by genes that are not on sex chromosomes

I interrupt the 🌏🌍🌎 dumpster 🔥 to bring you an epic science long-read courtesy of Donna Maney @sciam.bsky.social, including this 💎:

"Sexual diversity within species is an evolutionary adaptation..., not a bug."

#SuperGenes #SVs #BIOL112_UC

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-ba...

In response to #BIOL112_UC student feedback I will also discuss this from @kateclancy.bsky.social "A lot of people talk about the social construction of gender, but sex is also socially constructed." courtesy of @msjpauly.bsky.social

bit.ly/40sk5Ds

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💯 I teach the chromosomal basis of sex in #BIOL112_UC and make it clear throughout sex ≠ gender. this year I will include links to @scishow.bsky.social videos like this one bit.ly/40F5ENB