IOC’s SRY Gene Test for Women’s Events Sparks Global Debate on Sex, Science and Fairness in Sport
Since then, sportspersons, gender-rights activists as well as scientists have criticised the policy. Typically located on the Y chromosome, SRY is often described as the “master switch” or “starting gun” for male development. According to geneticist Andrew Sinclair, who led a UK-based research team that discovered the gene in 1990, SRY becomes active around the…
