A Trivers-Willard effect in contemporary humans: Male-biased sex ratios among billionaires

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cameron, Elissa Z ^a   Dalerum, Fredrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANDCHILD; INHERITANCE; MAMMAL; MASCULINITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PATERNITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58449132308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004195     Document Type: Article

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