<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/935e4e50-4585-444a-a1f9-21311b6945fd/08F1A828-BCD1-4A4B-85DB-69EE8450755B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788"><H1> Don't blame early sex on dad's absence </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788"><P class="infuse">Several studies have shown that in households where the biological father is missing, children reach sexual maturity, have their first sexual experience, and are more likely to become teenage parents at a younger age.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788"><P class="infuse">They examined data collected for the US <A target="ns" href="http://www.bls.gov/nls/nlsy79.htm">National Longitudinal Survey of Youth</A>. Mendle's team compared 1382 offspring born to women who were genetically related: twins, sisters or cousins. The mothers were interviewed every year between 1979 and 1994, and every two years thereafter.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788"><P class="infuse">The researchers found that the more closely genetically related the children were, the more alike they were in age of first intercourse, regardless of absent fathers. Genetics, they argue, has far more influence on this measure than a father's absence.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17788-dont-blame-early-sex-on-dads-absence.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn17788"><P class="infuse">Mendle says it is possible that the genes which might make a man more likely to abscond also contribute to early sexual maturation – but not everyone is persuaded by her conclusions.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/08F1A828-BCD1-4A4B-85DB-69EE8450755B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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