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Over-ripeness ovopathy: A challenging hypothesis for sex ratio modulation

12 Feb 2004

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Current hypotheses do not explain the concerns about sex ratio modulation at conception, birth or during life, and particularly about sex ratio reversal, e.g. at very young or advanced maternal age, during 'anovulatory seasons', among those of low socio-economic status, or induced by specific lifestyles, etc. These modulations are explained by the introduction of the ovopathy concept and inherent preferential...

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PMID: 15033945
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh136

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