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Wouldn't chromosomal genetic variation have some effect? Which is why xy/male mammals and zw /female birds have greater tendency toward genetic variety? Probab
by fellowniusmonk 4y ago
Wouldn't chromosomal genetic variation have some effect?
Which is why xy/male mammals and zw /female birds have greater tendency toward genetic variety? Probably not a huge effect overall though.
I would think that real world experiments with babies have shown that babies dressed as baby boys get far less social interaction from strangers which negatively effects early vocabulary and verbal/social engagement/experience/training.
Which is tragic, under socialing boys and then mocking them for lack of social skills when they get older.
- scarmig 4y agoIt might explain the base life expectancy gap (though see [0]; monks and nuns have a much smaller life expectancy gap, which suggests that social effects are dominating). But that wouldn't explain the trendline of an increasing life expectancy gap. [0] https://paa2012.princeton.edu/papers/122836 https://paa2012.princeton.edu/papers/122836
- fellowniusmonk 4y agoWhen exposed to mutagens like radiation do women fair better then men? If our DNA environment is getting more hostile would same/same chromosomes be more resilient? Would it make any / a measurable difference?
- scarmig 4y agoInterestingly, it appears women are more susceptible to ionizing radiation than men. E.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509159/ This surprised me, because I'd have guessed women would fair better, for reasons similar to you. Though I mostly see population-wide studies and not anything that looks at genetic/chromosomal damage.