sex ratio
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sex ratio
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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San Diego, for instance, has several male-dominated military bases, which is reflected in the sex ratio.
From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2023
A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
In fact, deceased female individuals were rarely related to either family tree, and there was an unbalanced sex ratio among the remains found on the site, suggesting that most of the adult daughters were absent.
From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023
In a 2017 review of dozens of studies, researchers from Britain estimated that the true sex ratio was closer to 3 to 1.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
With this knowledge, the discrepancy between the number of males and females captured is explainable without an unbalanced sex ratio.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Woolfenden, Glen E.
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