His and Her Genes: How Sex Affects Muscles, Fat & More
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer | May 4, 2017 06:38pm ET
Men and women differ in some surprising ways, right down to their genes, according to a new study that found thousands of genes expressed differently in the two sexes.
For the study, the researchers examined genes in 53 body tissues — such as those from the heart, skin, muscle, fat and reproductive organs — that came from 550 people. Then, the researchers looked at each gene's level of expression, or the extent to which it was is "turned on" or "turned off."
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