Significance of sib sex ratios in testing the hypothesis that some sex-biased congenital malformations are caused by unusual maternal hormone profiles [2]

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-275

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OMPHALOCELE; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX LIMITATION; SEX RATIO; SIBLING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0141891474     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10037     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. James WH. 1975. Sex ratio and the sex composition of the existing sibs. Ann Hum Genet 38:371-378.
2. James WH. 1996. Evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels at the time of conception. J Theor Biol 180:271-286.
3. James WH. 1998. Hypothesis: one cause of polydactyly. J Theor Biol 192:1-2.
4. James WH. 1999. Is transposition of the great arteries a consequence of maternal hormone imbalance? Evidence from the sex ratios of the relatives of probands. J Theor Biol 198:301-303.
5. James WH. 2000a. Are oral clefts a consequence of maternal hormone imbalance? Evidence from the sex ratios of the sibs of probands. Teratology 62:342-345.
6. James WH. 2000b. The variation of the probability of a son within and across couples, Hum Reprod 15:1184-1188.
7. James WH. 2002. Is omphalocele a consequence of high maternal estrogen levels? Teratology 66:59-60.
8. Lary JM. 2002. Unusual intrauterine sex hormone profiles as a potential cause of sex ratios typical of some malformations: reply to Dr. James. Teratology 66:103-104.