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GreatGazoo

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14. I thought it was a very interesting and well designed study

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:43 AM

Oct 6

By reading it I learned that they used multivariate analysis to find correlation between matched chromosome pairs and longer expected lifetimes. Also that the pairing we see in humans, XX = female, is not the same across species. IOW in many species the paired chromosomes produce the male. This difference allowed them to compare species and find the key correlation: paired chromosomes = longer life span

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That is not what this research shows GreatGazoo Oct 6 #13

Very interesting hypothesis PatSeg Oct 5 #7

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So dosage compensation is not fully effective fargone Oct 6 #11

revenge. LOL nt Javaman Oct 6 #12

I thought it was a very interesting and well designed study GreatGazoo Oct 6 #14