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galleywest200yesterday at 7:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

Ignorant question: would this mean older fathers are more likely to produce daughters?


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yorwbayesterday at 8:35 PM

This study says yes, the effect becoming detectable at about 70 years of age: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

jleyankyesterday at 9:33 PM

It’s an anecdote, but in my experience older (40-ish) parents or those in places with chemical exposure seem to have a lot of daughters.