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Malaria parasites fine-tune offspring's gender: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria parasites fine-tune the number of male and female offspring they produce to maximize the odds of infecting another host, a finding that could help fight the deadly disease, ...Eating eggs when pregnant affects breast cancer in offspring
... of choline, no choline at all, or extra choline. Then the researchers treated the female offspring with a chemical that causes cancer of the mammary gland (breast cancer). Although animals in all ...Trauma experienced by a mother even before pregnancy will influence her offspring's behavior
... on the offspring. According to Prof. Leshem, these effects varied between groups and between male and female offspring; but their behavior was without doubt different from that of the rats from the ...Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring
... pregnancy days 9 to 16. After the mice gave birth, the scientists analyzed the uterus of female offspring and extracted DNA. They found that BPA exposure during pregnancy had a lasting effect on one ...Diet prior to pregnancy determines sheep's gender
... a very healthy, well fed female, while females consuming a poorer diet would have greater genetic success by giving birth to female offspring. According to Roberts "Although this theory is attractive, ...Mother's diet may have long term impact on child's health, study suggests
... Trust, suggests that the effect is even more pronounced in female offspring. A study published last year ... colleague Professor Neil Stickland compared the offspring of rats fed a diet of processed junk ...Eating junk while pregnant can harm your baby
... cause long-lasting, irreversible damage in offspring from heart disease to diabetes. Stéphanie ... kidneys, another diabetes risk-factor. The female offspring were particularly badly affected, expressing ...Long-term care fraught with uncertainties for elderly baby boomers
... can remain in their own homes, Golant said. But the availability and attitudes of the current generation of female offspring who must juggle work and family responsibilities are unclear, he said. " ...Two from one: Pitt research maps out evolution of genders from hermaphroditic ancestors
... —or positions of genes on a chromosome—one that controls sterility and fertility in males and the other in females. Offspring that inherit both fertility versions are hemaphrodites capable of self- ...Why don't more animals change their sex?
... sex change, while the separate-sex strategy responds by altering the number of male and female offspring it produces. "We were surprised to see that a hermaphrodite could spend 30 percent of its ...Researchers identify personality traits
... men and women generally differ substantially in their personality characteristics, the male and female offspring tended to be similar, which speaks to the importance of these traits, irrespective of ...
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