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The sex ratios of offspring of sexually promiscuous people: with reference to hepatitis B and prostatic cancer

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

W. H. James
W. H. James
Affiliation:
MRC Mammalian Development Unit, University College London
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 517 - 518
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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