Submitted by Which-Community-5851 t3_11njmq7 in askscience
Octavus t1_jbp1pre wrote
The Y chromosome is unable to perform recombination so most damage is unable to be repaired. This causes loss of genetic information overtime, if the genes were critical to life the animal would be unable to reproduce. So only genetic losses that are no/low negatively impactful can be passed on.
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