A sex-specific test of selection in utero

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-479

  Catalano, Ralph A ^a   Saxton, Katherine ^a   Bruckner, Tim ^a   Goldman, Sidra ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Multiple births; Natural selection; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN UTERO SEXUAL SELECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; TWINS;

EID: 61449234016     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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