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Sex Can Cause Genetic Changes In Women

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Sensational female responses can be triggered by the activation of a diverse set of genes from sex, including immunity, libido, altered fertility, and eating and sleep patterns.

A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia set out to determine the response female fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have to mating.

The findings, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, indicated that semen consists of a single protein which generates a variety of responses in numerous genes in females, which appears evident at different instances and in different areas of their bodies after mating.

The discovery in the flies, the authors suggest, may be similar to responses in many animals, where semen is inserted into the female's body while having sex.

According to research earlier this year in PLoS Biology, neurodegenerative disorders that occur in both fruit flies and humans are caused by mutations in the same gene, showing that it is plausible that humans may experience the same effect during sex that fruit flies do with the activation of genes.

Scientists have been aware that males pass on seminal fluid proteins to their partner while mating, impacting their feeding, sleep patterns, immunity, egg laying, sexual receptivity, and water balance.

Professor Tracey Chapman, from UEA's school of Biological Sciences and head author, said:

"We tested here the effects of one enigmatic seminal fluid protein, known as the 'sex peptide', and found it to change the expression of a remarkable array of many genes in females- both across time and in different parts of the body."

Researchers identified significant changes to genes linked to:
  • early embryogenesis
  • egg development
  • nutrient sensing
  • behavior
  • phototransduction- the pathways by which they see
This demonstrated that females' behavior and reproductive system is affected by a direct and global influence of males. In other words, the semen protein is a 'master regulator'.

These effects could possibly be found across many species, the team pointed out.

Chapman added:

"An additional and intriguing twist is that the effects of semen proteins can favor the interests of males whilst generating costs in females, resulting in sexual conflict.

For example, there can be a tug-of-war, where males employ semen proteins to ensure that females make a large investment in the current brood- even if that doesn't suit the longer term interests of females."
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250190.php

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Prince posted:
Leonora posted:

Wow, Base is carrying on Dr. Ruth's work!  

Have you clicked the report button as yet? Though you seem to know Dr. Ruth and what she does for a living, you did report all my sexual education threads in the past that your virgin eyes/ears couldn't handle. Isn't this double standard?  

Bai, what would cause you to want to stop a woman who wants to discuss sex? πŸ˜€

FM
Prince posted:
Leonora posted:

Wow, Base is carrying on Dr. Ruth's work!  

Have you clicked the report button as yet? Though you seem to know Dr. Ruth and what she does for a living, you did report all my sexual education threads in the past that your virgin eyes/ears couldn't handle. Isn't this double standard?  

Are you that dumb that you did not hear about Dr. Ruth? Oh God, from fetching eddo bags you graduated to sex education and therapist? Yet you are so dumb. Bro, do you ever read and comprehend what you write before you hit the "post reply" button?

FM
Prince posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Welcome back Base. For a while, I thought you left for good. Just my thought.

Didn't you and Yuji get Baseman suspended in the first place?

What does suspension have to do with you being dumb and stupid? Did you ever realize that because of your inability to think cognitively you just post crap the reason you never got suspended? You must always ask "IF" and look at other situations. But this thinking process is not fully developed in your half brain.

FM
Prince posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Welcome back Base. For a while, I thought you left for good. Just my thought.

Didn't you and Yuji get Baseman suspended in the first place?

No they did not.  I made some regrettable comments out of haste and anger.  

A female friend mentioned maybe the female poster cussing me cannot help, it’s her way of dealing with what occurred.  I decided to do some further research on the emotional state of women during a relationship!

Baseman
Prince posted:
Leonora posted:

Wow, Base is carrying on Dr. Ruth's work!  

Have you clicked the report button as yet? Though you seem to know Dr. Ruth and what she does for a living, you did report all my sexual education threads in the past that your virgin eyes/ears couldn't handle. Isn't this double standard?  

Why?  I published a scientific study done on the subject matter!

Baseman
Prince posted:
skeldon_man posted:

Welcome back Base. For a while, I thought you left for good. Just my thought.

Didn't you and Yuji get Baseman suspended in the first place?

Dumb ass, I never reported anyone to admin. I AM NOT A SNITCH LIKE YOU. I never held any grudge against Base. Watch how you accuse posters. Somebody is going to punch that frog face and remodel it whether you like it or not.

FM
Baseman posted:
yuji22 posted:

Suh you saying that Adam used a master regulator on Eve and as a result, we are in this mess ?

We are not in a mess because of Adam and Eve.  We in a mess because we take sex for granted.  

Most men at some point in their lives are guilty of this. We did not think with our brains sometimes. It was "let me in".

FM

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