[net.women] greater variance in males

janney@unm-cvax.UUCP (05/22/84)

enter unfounded speculation mode...

When I studied biology in high school, I was told that the Y chromosome
(women have two X chromosomes, men have an X and a Y) is much smaller
than the X, and that this accounts for the greater occurrence of degenerative
diseases in men.  It seems to me that reducing the amount of redundant
information would naturally lead to a greater variance along with a
higher occurrence of defects.

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