Cereal-induced gender selection? Most likely a multiple testing false positive

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1660, 2009, Pages 1211-1212

  Young, S Stanley ^a   Bang, Heejung ^b   Oktay, Kutluk ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER AND SEX; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

CEREALS; DIET; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 64849104301     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1405     Document Type: Note

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