Sex ratio and age in human populations
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The author has reviewed the literature dealing with sex ratios in human populations. She has concentrated on following problems: factors differentiating frequency of male and female conceptions, correlations between sex of offspring and physical characteristics of parents, demographical consequences of varying sex ratios.
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