"Sex Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The number of males per 100 females.
| Descriptor ID |
D012744
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.815 I01.240.800.815 N01.224.803.815 N06.850.505.400.850.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Ratio- Sex Ratio
- Ratio, Sex
- Ratios, Sex
- Sex Ratios
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Is Multifactorial Sex Determination in the House Fly, Musca domestica (L.), Stable Over Time? J Hered. 2016; 107(7):615-625.
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An Evolving Genetic Architecture Interacts with Hill-Robertson Interference to Determine the Benefit of Sex. Genetics. 2016 06; 203(2):923-36.
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Genetic background alters dominance relationships between mat alleles in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. J Hered. 2014 Jan-Feb; 105(1):130-5.
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Sex ratio evolution under probabilistic sex determination. Evolution. 2011 Jul; 65(7):2050-60.
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Patriline shifting leads to apparent genetic caste determination in harvester ants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 20; 107(29):12958-62.
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Dioecy and the evolution of sex ratios in ants. Proc Biol Sci. 2009 Jun 07; 276(1664):2125-32.
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Queen size mediates queen survival and colony fitness in harvester ants. Evolution. 2003 Sep; 57(9):2179-83.