Paternal occupation and offspring sex ratio

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-209

  Grant, Valerie J ^a   Metcalf, Louisa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthetists; Evolutionary adaptiveness; Offspring sex ratio; Paternal occupation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 3042781970     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660410001687265     Document Type: Article

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