Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unm-cvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-cvax!janney From: janney@unm-cvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: greater variance in males Message-ID: <866@unm-cvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-May-84 00:27:11 EDT Article-I.D.: unm-cvax.866 Posted: Tue May 22 00:27:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 23-May-84 19:12:45 EDT References: <864@psuvm.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 10 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. #include