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News and Events => Science & Medical News => Topic started by: Natasha on April 23, 2008, 05:28:15 PM

Title: Boy or Girl? The Answer May Depend on Mom's Eating Habits
Post by: Natasha on April 23, 2008, 05:28:15 PM
Boy or Girl? The Answer May Depend on Mom's Eating Habits

Link (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-moms-eating-habits/)
4/23/2008

"The report, from researchers at Oxford and the University of Exeter in
England, is said to be the first evidence that a child's sex is
associated with a mother's diet. Although sex is genetically
determined by whether sperm from the father supplies an X or Y
chromosome, it appears that a mother's body can favor the successful
development of a male or female embryo."