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When 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 resili
by fellowniusmonk 4y ago
When 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.