The categories of evidence relating to the hypothesis that mammalian sex ratios at birth are causally related to the hormone concentrations of both parents around the time of conception

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-184

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; USSR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERMANY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO; USSR;

EID: 79952262607     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000660     Document Type: Article

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