Over-ripeness ovopathy. A challenging hypothesis for sex ratio modulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 769-774

  Jongbloet, P H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal loss conception; Hypothesis; Mortality; Ovopathy; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANOVULATION; CONCEPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMATOCYTE; Y CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 1842428075     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh136     Document Type: Review

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