Why do women live longer than men?

According to statistics, women live longer than men. The sex ratio among centenarians is nine to one in favor of women. For a long time the reason for this remained a mystery. Fruit flies helped British and Australian scientists uncover the secret.

It turned out that part of the DNA responsible for energy is transmitted exclusively through the maternal line. A mutation that occurs in mitochondrial cells on this stretch of DNA allows females to live longer than males. In any case, this is how it happens with flies. Considering that all living things have mitochondria, the identified mechanism can also be applied to humans.

“The study found that mutations of vital