Chapter X and Y, Conflict
Ridley contemplates evolutionary psychology using the genes SRY (on the Y chromosome), DAX and Xq28 (on the X chromosome). The theory of genetic conflict and evolution is debated using the rhetorical question, are we bodies containing genes, or genes in bodies?
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