• Title of article

    The Hypothesized Hormonal Control of Offspring Sex Ratio: Evidence from Families Ascertained by Schizophrenia and Epilepsy

  • Author/Authors

    JAMES، نويسنده , , WILLIAM H، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    445
  • To page
    447
  • Abstract
    Schizophrenic women reportedly have significant excesses of daughters. People with convulsions or seizures reportedly have excesses of brothers. And photosensitive probands reportedly have excesses of sisters. Steroid hormones affect neurotransmission in the brain. So these curious sex ratios are construed here as support for my hypothesis that parental hormone levels around the time of conception partially control the sexes of the resulting offspring.
  • Journal title
    Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Record number

    1534457