Model shows why males have lower immunity to disease
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 08:07
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have for the first time incorporated sexual reproduction in a mathematical model of the evolution of defense against disease, and found the popular myth that men are weaker when it comes to fighting disease may well be true and is the result of the male's biological urge to "live hard and die young".