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Haploid selection, sex ratio bias, and transitions between sex-determining systems.

PLoS Biology, 2018
Sex determination is remarkably dynamic; many taxa display shifts in the location of sex-determining loci or the evolution of entirely new sex-determining systems. Predominant theories for why we observe such transitions generally conclude that novel sex-
Michael Francis Scott, Matthew Miles Osmond, Sarah Perin Otto   +2 more
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Sex bias in Neolithic megalithic burials

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2022
AbstractObjectivesA statistical study comparing osteological and ancient DNA determinations of sex was conducted in order to investigate whether there are sex biases in United Kingdom and Irish Neolithic megalithic burials.Materials and MethodsGenetic and osteological information from human individuals from 32 megalithic sites in the UK and Ireland ...
Elliott, Elliott, Saupe, Tina, Thompson, Jess E, Robb, John E., Scheib, Christiana   +4 more
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Data from: A father effect explains sex-ratio bias

, 2017
Sex ratio allocation has important fitness consequences, and theory predicts that parents should adjust offspring sex ratio in cases where the fitness returns of producing male and female offspring vary.
Garde, Julian, Garde, José Julián, Malo, Aurelio F., Lacy, Robert C., Ballou, Jonathan D., Garcia-Gonzalez, Francisco, Martinez-Pastor, Felipe   +6 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Age-dependent sex bias in clinical malarial disease in hypoendemic regions. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Background and objectivesExperimental models show a male bias in murine malaria; however, extant literature on biases in human clinical malaria is inconclusive.
Sulabha Pathak, Mayuri Rege, Nithya J Gogtay, Umesh Aigal, Surya Kant Sharma, Neena Valecha, Gyan Bhanot, Nilima A Kshirsagar, Shobhona Sharma   +8 more
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Sex-Biased Dispersal R Code

, 2014
R Code for: 1) Sex-Biased Dispersal Analysis, and 2) Simulations to Correct Observed Sex Bias for ...
Young, Andrew J., Xavier A. Harrison (155651), Andrew J. Young (331582), Jennifer E. York (714037), Harrison, Xavier A., York, Jennifer E.   +5 more
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Success Attributions and More: Multidimensional Extensions of the Sexual Attribution Bias to Failure Attributions, Social Emotions, and the Desire for Social Interaction [PDF]

, 2008
According to the recently discovered sexual attribution bias (SAB), young adults attribute the success of same-aged, same-sex attractive stimulus persons in a more derogative way than the success of less attractive same-sex persons, whereas this pattern ...
Spörrle, Matthias, Agthe, Maria, Försterling, Friedrich   +2 more
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of sex-bias in gene expression in the brain transcriptome of two populations of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with divergent life histories. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Sex-bias in gene expression is a mechanism that can generate phenotypic variance between the sexes, however, relatively little is known about how patterns of sex-bias vary during development, and how variable sex-bias is between different populations. To
Matthew C Hale, Garrett J McKinney, Frank P Thrower, Krista M Nichols   +3 more
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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source