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Maternal personality, evolution, and the sex ratio : do mothers control the sex of the infant? / Valerie J. Grant.

Title
Maternal personality, evolution, and the sex ratio : do mothers control the sex of the infant? / Valerie J. Grant.
Author
Grant, Valerie J., 1937-
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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vii, 222 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Grant presents evidence that the mother's personality - which is related to female testosterone levels - can influence which type of sperm fertilises the egg, and argues that the sex of an infant depends on which sex the mother is more suited to raise.
Subject
  • Biological Evolution
  • Dominance (Psychology)
  • Genetic sex determination
  • Human evolution
  • Mothers > Psychology
  • Mothers > psychology
  • Personality
  • Pregnancy > Psychological aspects
  • Pregnancy > psychology
  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Sex Ratio
  • Sex ratio
  • Testosterone > physiology
  • Testosterone
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Defining & measuring dominance -- Biological basis of dominance -- Evidence from biostatistics -- Physiology of sex determination -- Dominance in animals -- Dominance & the sex ratio in animals -- Sex ratio in humans -- Early experience & evolutionary advantage -- Sex preferences & sex selection.
ISBN
  • 0415158796 (hardbound)
  • 041515880X (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97014825^//r98
OCLC
36960977
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library