Male pygmy hippopotamus influence offspring sex ratio
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Male pygmy hippopotamus influence offspring sex ratio
Pre-determining fetal sex is against the random and equal opportunity that both conceptus sexes have by nature. Yet, under a wide variety of circumstances, populations shift their birth sex ratio from the expected unity. Here we show, using fluorescence in situ hybridization, that in a population of pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) with 42.5% male offspring, males bias the ratio of X...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1700