Why females live longer than males: is it due to the father's sperm?

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 03:49 in Biology & Nature

Researchers in Japan have found that female mice produced by using genetic material from two mothers but no father live significantly longer than mice with the normal mix of maternal and paternal genes. Their findings provide the first evidence that sperm genes may have a detrimental effect on lifespan in mammals...

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