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The Disappearing Y Chromosome It’s surprisingly common for men to start losing entire chromosomes from blood cells as they age.

[contentcards url=”https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/men-lose-y-chromosomes-cells-they-age/603013/” target=”_blank”] In the 1960s, doctors counting the number of chromosomes in human white blood cells noticed a strange phenomenon. Frequently—and more frequently with age—the…