There are gender differences in DHA production from Alpha linolenic acid.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/94/6_Suppl/1914S.full
this chemistry is quite complex, but estrogens seem to favor production and testosterone does not. This is because having children, women have to provide large amounts of DHA to the developing fetus for development of the brain and other components of the nervous system.
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