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Ambient temperature predicts sex ratios and male longevity

4 Feb 2008

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The theory that natural selection has conserved mechanisms by which women subjected to environmental stressors abort frail male fetuses implies that climate change may affect sex ratio at birth and male longevity. Using time series methods, we find that cold ambient temperatures during gestation predict lower secondary sex ratios and longer life span of males in annual birth cohorts composed of Danes, Finns,...

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PMID: 18250336
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710711104

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