Sex ratios at birth and environmental temperatures

被引：26

作者：

Lerchl, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Munster, Inst Reprod Med, D-48129 Munster, Germany

来源：

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN | 1999年 / 86卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1007/s001140050630

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The relationship between average monthly air temperature and sex ratios at birth (SRB) was analyzed for children born in Germany during the period 1946-1995. Both the absolute temperature and - more markedly - the monthly temperature deviations from the overall mean were significantly positively correlated with the SRB (P<0.01) when temperatures were time-lagged against the SRB data by -10 or -11 months. It is concluded that the sex of the offspring is partially determined by environmental temperatures prior to conception.

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页码：340 / 342

页数：3

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