The sparrow with four sexes

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Elaina Tuttle spent her life trying to understand the bizarre chromosome evolution of a common bird — until tragedy struck.

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Arnold, C. The sparrow with four sexes. Nature 539, 482–484 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/539482a

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