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Old and new ideas about the human sex ratio
Author(s) -
Orzack Steven Hecht
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00879.x
Subject(s) - sex ratio , male to female , demography , psychology , medicine , sociology , population , surgery , retrospective cohort study
The human sex ratio – the ratio of males to females – has long fascinated biologists and statisticians alike. Steven Hecht Orzack presents a potted history, from the earliest interpretations to the most recent – and surprising – conclusions