Judah

progressivelyminded:

dageming:

progressivelyminded:

I’m combining the two of these because it’s what I know most.

DO:

• Eat the food. Sushi, kalua pig, edamame, tofu, lomi salmon, all of it’s a great way to experience the culture. They’re good foods, and you shouldn’t feel guilty…

  Autism spectrum disorders can be caused by as many as 300 or so rare genetic mutations, scientists reported Wednesday. The research strongly implicates genetics, including spontaneous gene mutations, in the development of the disorder.

But why do four times as many males as females develop autism spectrum disorder? In one of the three papers published in the journal Neuron, researchers suggest that girls are more resistant to gene mutations than boys. Girls seem to require a higher number of gene mutations to become afflicted with autism spectrum disorder.

But it’s also possible that a genetic mutation in a boy that causes autism spectrum disorder may produce a different kind of neurological or behavioral problem later in life, such as anorexia nervosa, which affects about 10 times more girls than boys, said Michael Ronemus, a co-author on two of the papers and a research investigator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.  

“The question is: What is the fate of female carriers?” Ronemus said. “Do they remain asymptomatic or is there another disorder that has neurological or behavioral components that shows the opposite gender bias?”

If girls are ore resistent to gene mutations, does that mean that marvel is less sexist for having so many more male mutants?