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Biologically, this makes sense. A woman is born with all her eggs already in her ovaries, while men manufacture sperm on demand. Obviously, the consequences of
by rosser 14y ago
Biologically, this makes sense. A woman is born with all her eggs already in her ovaries, while men manufacture sperm on demand. Obviously, the consequences of accumulated genetic damage can only manifest in the latter case.
- maxerickson 14y agoThere are people actively investigating the origin of eggs; they aren't sure the long held view is correct. For instance: http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1002848 http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj...