Genetics of signal transduction and the effect of maternal smoking on sex ratio of offspring

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 588-592

  Bottini, Nunzio ^a   Magrini, Andrea ^b   Cosmi, Erich ^c   Gloria Bottini, Fulvia ^b   Saccucci, Patrizia ^b   Di Iorio, Romolo ^d   Bergamaschi, Antonio ^b   Bottini, Egidio ^b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; ZYGOTE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOENZYMES; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4444362676     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20058     Document Type: Article

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