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Would you consider altering diet to influence the gender of a developing embryo?Yes - what a simple solution! 24% Maybe - the chance of it having an effect seems pretty slim. 42% No - whether it's a boy or a girl is in the hands of the gods. 34% It IS a dumb poll. What'sIt IS a dumb poll. What's that last option about, like anyone still believes in those fairytales. Submitted by Visitor on 24 April 2008 - 9:25pm.
No kidding- SCIENCE magazine, eh?I was taken aback by that choice, I must say. "Hands of the gods", indeed! Consider yourselves "hurumphed" at! cms Submitted by Visitor on 1 May 2008 - 2:29pm.
Sperm DNA no longer counts ?Since it's the DNA contained in the egg fertilizing sperm which delivers the X or Y gender determining chromosome, does the study which inspired this poll imply that the the mother's diet prior to conception bring about a means to select between a X carrying versus a Y carrying sperm ? I wonder what parallel there is between the mother's and father's diets and if it is the father's diet which effects the ratio between X and Y carrying sperm, which should theoretically be 50 - 50. This study just bring more questions, not answers. Submitted by Visitor on 24 April 2008 - 11:06pm.
It isn't just sperm and it isn't dumb.Read the article. Fertilization doesn't equal a successful pregnancy. Indeed, it seems likely a great many fertilized ova never result in a pregnancy. Pregnancy is a tricky symbiosis at the best of times, and what this study shows is that diet can bias the successful result one way or the other. So it isn't about sperm. And it isn't dumb. Submitted by Visitor on 25 April 2008 - 7:00am.
Would you consider altering diet to influence the gender of a deThere is people than waste peoples money in quite dumb polls. They forgot the basic XY cromosomas? That looks pretty proved at this age. If you look at the politica statisticsa you will find that they never got who will be elected for this or that. I can propose a new poll for them: study if those who drink wine are more prone to get drunk than those who drink orange juice with vodka Submitted by Visitor on 25 April 2008 - 6:00am.
god???The question refers to 'gods', not god or God. Surely it means 'leave it to chance', which is what life is all about, really. Submitted by Visitor on 26 April 2008 - 9:21pm.
Not so dumb - actually based on the latest researchThis week's poll was inspired by a news story we published this week. See Mother's diet can determine sex of foetus, based on a study published this week in the British journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Wilson da Silva Submitted by Wilson on 25 April 2008 - 11:37am.
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What a dumb poll!