• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    False, I’m pretty sure the DNA stays the same, regardless of whether the organism grows up to be male or female.

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      1 day ago

      *Except for the Y chromosome. You’d have to somehow insert these genes and get them to be expressed

      Seems they mostly have to do with development of testicles

      • UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        If you’re rewriting DNA to make people into dinosaurs, then changing a Y chromosome to an X chromosome and making the changes express themselves seems downright simple by comparison.

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          also dinosaurs/reptiles generally dont use the XY system like mammals do. they have a ZW system to determine sex, and for some its temperature based. ZZ for male birds, and ZW for female birds(ZW means 2 different chromosones, and ZZ is too similar ones). birds, reptile, seems more complicated than the mammal system. the closest in between would be monotreme xy , they behave more like ZW eventhough they have 10sex chromosomes.