Getting past nature as a guide to the human sex ratio

Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 224-232

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive treatments; Ethics; Natural Law; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; SEX RATIO;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURE; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84876886400     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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