World Athletics introduced a mandatory one-time genetic test for athletes competing in the female category at elite level that checks for the presence of the Y chromosome and the SRY gene. The test is required from September 1 ahead of the world championships and can be conducted by cheek swab or blood test. Maria Jose Martinez-Patino describes the measure as a setback, argues that biological sex determination is complex with more than 60 genetic mutations, and calls for case-by-case assessment. Martinez-Patino distinguishes differences in sexual development (DSD) from transgender issues and warns against conflating them.
""It takes me back to the 1950s and 1960s, when women practically had to go through a series of controls, had to undress in front of a panel of doctors," she told DW. "I get the impression that we haven't advanced from a scientific point of view. We've made practically no progress if it's now categorically said that women with X and Y chromosomes are not women.""
""It's not black or white. There are more than 60 genetic mutations which I think are not all that complicated to study. Something that I've always said is that it should be done case by case," she said."
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