Sex itself : the search for male and female in the human genome / Sarah S. Richardson.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

vii, 311 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm

Sex itself -- The odd chromosomes -- How the X and Y became the sex chromosomes -- A new molecular science of sex -- A chromosome for maleness -- Sexing the X -- The search for the sex-determining gene -- Save the males! -- Are men and women as different as humans and chimpanzees? -- Gender and the human genome.

Includes bibliographical references and index.