The epigenetic environment: Secondary sex ratio depends on differential survival in embryogenesis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-587

  Boklage, Charles E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Gamete; Imprinting; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 15844369797     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh662     Document Type: Article

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