During the course of last week, I stumbled on a video clip on a Youtube Channel called AsapSCIENCE. The title of the video clip is ‘we are all female’, just like you were perplexed when you saw the title of this piece that was how I was too. I took my time to watch the clip to know the justification behind that scientific assertion. At the end, I cannot but agree with their discovery but guess what, it was reached or should I say posted on that channel five years ago and I got to know recently. Just like I got to know, I want you to know if you are yet to be aware. Oh boy! You were once a girl. Oh man! You were once a woman at least according to science you were really once a female, well, for the first five to six weeks you were an embryo. So, whenever you see that lady, respect her o. Smiles. I can’t stop giggling over this.
Well, this may come as a surprise to some of our male folks but you all started out as females- psychically and phenotypically speaking. So, how is it possible?
For good students of GES107 and GES104 and those that did Biology in secondary school or at least, Basic Science in junior school, it should be known that when a man and a woman make a tiny human, they each provide twenty-three (23) chromosomes. One pair of chromosomes helps to determine the baby’s sex – two X chromosomes and it will be a female and an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the father and it will be a male. The key point here is that, as explained by the episode of AsapSCIENCE, the Y chromosome doesn’t kick in right away.
“In fact, the first five to six weeks of embryonic development are attributed to the X chromosome alone, and females grow from embryo to fully developed through the influence of only the X chromosome” they say.
When it comes to males, after that five or six-week period, a gene called the SRY gene will activate on the Y chromosome, and actively inhibit certain features of the X chromosome. It will also impose, through genetic dominance, male physiological traits such as the testicles. This means that if the SRY gene is not activated, the female phenotype and physical appearance – which means clitoris instead of penis – will persist.
And what about nipples, I hear you ask? If I guess right! Well, nipples form before the activation of the SRY gene, during those fateful five or six weeks, which means we all get nipples, but only the females end up with breasts attached to them.
During that time, you develop your nipples and ovaries. After the Y chromosome jump starts, it makes sure you do not develop boobies, and your ovaries descend downward and become testicles. If the Y chromosome does not activate at the right time or at all for some reasons, the male will develop with some female characteristics. I wonder if that is where man-boobs come from. Probably not! Those probably come from too much beer and potato chips. Smiles.
So does that mean all human life evolves from females? Could that be why, in the animal kingdom, females are many times the dominant ones? Is that the reason why women are the ones who have the babies? Does this mean women are more evolved than men? I have so many questions about this and how it could possibly explain all kinds of things, including why women always know best. Remember that people. Hey, it is all according to science, and you cannot argue with that!
You learn something every day when these science researchers are around. It is one of these things that keeps the mind curious. Thanks to AsapSCIENCE people for this. There are lot more discoveries on that channel but this attracted me more.
