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From: Klaas Bakker, Springfield, MO
Date: 11 Oct 2008
Time: 18:15:09 -0500
Remote Name: 12.206.99.39
Neurogenic differences are believable but still require more scientific evidence. I believe the evidence points to interactions between gender, neurogenics, and genetic factors and all of this is tentative. All over the world the majority of adult PWS are male. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that it is actually females more than males who pass on the trait. So, by the time they do they may not themselves stutter anymore (or never did). This is a pretty complex area but I hope I pointed to some possibilities. As Dale said very early on a gender ratio is not so evident, but later it is.