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Socioeconomic status determines sex-dependent survival of human offspring

Background and objectives: In polygynous societies, rich men have many offspring through the marriage of multiple wives. Evolutionary, rich households would therefore benefit more from sons, and according to the Trivers–Willard hypothesis, parents invest more in offspring of the sex that has the bes...

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Autores principales: van Bodegom, David, Rozing, Maarten P., May, Linda, Meij, Hans J., Thomése, Fleur, Zwaan, Bas J., Westendorp, Rudi G. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24481185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot002