No: the only strong positive correlation was in the mating group, not the contact or no-contact groups. In fact, having only social contact reversed the trend: high-condition had below-average offspring size and low-condition had above average.
Mr. Bonduriansky and his team put forth a hypothesis that the mechanism of this inheritance had something to do with the male’ seminal fluids chemically influencing the tissue they reached. Though they keep their speculation on a short leash, one wonders if there may be an analogue for humans. Could seminal fluid impart an effect on a woman’s, womb, fallopian tube, or ovaries that lingers beyond the life of the sperm? Could such an effect extend to the developing child that comes later? There is evidence to suggest that sperm can make it all the way to an egg that is still in the ovaries. There is also evidence that mothers carry the DNA of a fetus in their bloodstream.
Key takeaways: firstly, there are more studies in this vein to be gone through; perhaps I’ll take another one on later. Secondly, Mr. Bonduriansky seems to be passionate about biology and inheritance and someone from these spheres should reach out to him for an interview. Who knows? He may have new insights and infographics since this study was done over a decade ago. Finally, virgins and chuds who select against a woman based on her past partners are indeed vindicated, though that’s nothing new.
Fertility and Sterility
Human sperm can fertilize ova inside the Graafian follicles before ovulation
To report an incidental finding of fertilization of ova inside the ovarian follicles
before ovulation.
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