Gender-specific fitness?

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.the-scientist.com)

According to a study of wild red deer in this week's Nature. Genes that are advantageous to males may hinder fitness in females of the same species,

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What are the metabolic costs of digesting a meal?

mmccue submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (comp.uark.edu)

All animals incur unavoidable metabolic costs associated with digesting food which take away from their net energy gains, a phenomenon is known as specific dynamic action (SDA). Interestingly, despite a century of inquiry, modern scientists cannot agree on exactly why this is. This review summarizes the history of physiological and nutritional inquiries into SDA, and discuses the various hypotheses that have been advanced to SDA throughout the decades

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