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Maternal stress and sex ratio at birth in Sweden over two and a half centuries: a retest of the Trivers–Willard hypothesis

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a negative relationship, as predicted in the Trivers–Willard hypothesis (TWH), between the intensity of maternal stress and sex ratio at birth (SRB)? SUMMARY ANSWER: Using a comprehensive data set with multiple indicators of maternal stress, most measures of stress show no s...

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Autor principal: Wu, Hanbo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab158