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Lack of oxygen proves a gender bender

Fish starved of air more likely to turn into boys.

Aquatic 'dead zones', oxygen-depleted areas throughout the world's waterways, are not only suffocating marine life but may also be transforming female fish into males.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on May 02, 2006
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Could this also affect asthmatic people?

Posted by: Eva-Maria Harré-Molineux | May 9, 2006 09:04 PM

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