Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-2pzkn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-06T08:54:16.368Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A further note on the alleged antecedent brother effect in sex ratio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

William H. James
William H. James
Affiliation:
MRC (Medical Research Council) Mammalian Development Unit, University College London, London NWI2HE, England
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 168
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Ben-Porath, Y. & Welch, F. (1976) Do sex preferences really matter? Quarterly Journal of Economics 90:285–307.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Breland, H. (1974) Birth order, family configuration and verbal achievement. Child Development 45:1011–19.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Edwards, A. W. F. (1963) Human sex ratio and maternal immunity to male antigen. Nature 198:1106.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gualtieri, T. & Hicks, R. E. (1985) An immunoreactive theory of selective male affliction. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8:427–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gualtieri, T. & Hicks, R. E. (1985r) The immunoreactive theory: What it is, what it is not, what it might be. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8:461–69.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gualtieri, C. T., Hicks, R. E. & Mayo, J. P. (1984) Influence of sex of antecedent siblings on human sex ratio. Life Sciences 34:1791–94.Google ScholarPubMed
James, W. H. (1975) Sex ratio and the sex composition of the existing sibs. Annals of Human Genetics 38:371–78.Google ScholarPubMed
James, W. H. (1985a) The alleged antecedent brother effect in sex ratio. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8:453.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
James, W. H. (1985b) The sex ratio of infants born after hormonal induction of ovulation: Author's replies. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 92:993–96.Google Scholar
James, W. H. (1975) (in press) Hormonal control of sex ratio. Journal of Theoretical Biobgy.Google Scholar
Malinvaud, E. (1955) Relations entre la composition des families et le taux de masculinity. Journal de la Société de Statistique de Paris 96:49.Google Scholar
Renkonen, K. O., Makela, O. & Lehtovaara, R. (1962) Factors affecting the human sex ratio. Nature 194:308–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed