Radiation influences gender
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Localised spikes in the ratio of boy-to-girl births after the Chernobyl meltdown suggest that, after exposure to nuclear radiation, women may be more likely to give birth to boys than to
girls.
It is not clear whether the radiation affects the father’s sperm, the mother’s body before she’s pregnant or the development of the foetus.