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Color vision

differenceblog Mar 22, 2007 08:04

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Eva Emerson, in Medical News Today (2/11/07) reports on John Tower's (2006) model for explaining aging and the mortality gap between the sexes. Tower's work with drosophila (fruit flies) suggested that sexula differentiation might come at great cost in terms of aging. Mitochondria seem to be less functional in older fruit flies and mammals, with ( Read more... )

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She does like cocaine, apparently.

differenceblog Nov 14, 2006 08:18

Hu et al (2004) state that women are at greater risk for cocaine addiction. Hu et al used a rat model to examine gender differences in cocaine sensitization and addiction. They found that there were both hormonal and structural components to the female propensity towards cocaine self-administration in rats. Lukas et al (1994) studied cocaine ( Read more... )

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Color vision

His and Hers Mitochondria

She does like cocaine, apparently.