SHORT CHANGED MALES LUCKY TO BE AROUND.

The article discusses the role that mitochondrial DNA and its hereditary evolution on the differences on male and female aging and vitality outcomes, according to research on fruit fly DNA by Dr. Damian Dowling of Monash University in collaboration with Dr. Dave Clancy of Lancaster University. Topics include the heredity of genetic mutations, evolutionary aspects of of the mitochondrial genome, and the mitochondrial basis of aging.