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A Trivers-Willard Effect in Contemporary Humans: Male-Biased Sex Ratios among Billionaires

BACKGROUND: Natural selection should favour the ability of mothers to adjust the sex ratio of offspring in relation to the offspring's potential reproductive success. In polygynous species, mothers in good condition would be advantaged by giving birth to more sons. While studies on mammals in g...

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Main Authors: Cameron, Elissa Z., Dalerum, Fredrik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614476/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19142225
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004195
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