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'Evolutionary war' may be real cause of fertility problems
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Sunday, September 13, 2009 |
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It's not hot laptop computers on men's laps, a polluted environment, gynecological infections or a junk-food diet: The main reason for the rise in human infertility is an evolutionary battle between the sexes, according to a biologist at Tel Aviv University.
One in 10 couples are unable to conceive, and many external factors have been blamed. But evolutionary biologist Dr. Oren Hasson of TAU's zoology department suggests in the latest issue of the journal Biological Reviews that male and female reproductive organs are "currently involved in an evolutionary arms race, and the fight isn't over yet."
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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It's not hot laptop computers on men's laps, a polluted environment, gynecological infections or a junk-food diet: The main reason for the rise in human infertility is an evolutionary battle between the sexes, according to a biologist at Tel Aviv University.
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