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Does gender matter?

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The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability is being taken seriously by some high-profile academics. Ben A. Barres explains what is wrong with the hypothesis.

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School ofMedicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Building Room D235, Stanford, 94305-5125, CA, USA

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