Estimators of the human effective sex ratio detect sex biases on different timescales

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 848-856

  Emery, Leslie S ^a   Felsenstein, Joseph ^a   Akey, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 78649781938     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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