Parental age at childbirth and age of menarche in the offspring
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No association between age at menarche and sex of offspring.
Sir, We read with interest the article by Fukuda et al. (2011). The title ‘The sex ratio of offspring is associated with the mothers’ age at menarche’ suggests a direct connection between age at menarche and sex of offspring. We consider this interpretation a stretch of the presented data and want to comment on some issues in their study. Additionally, results from our substantially larger Dani...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep473