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Sex Differences in Mortality Rate
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Why is the mortality rate higher among males than females in most mammalian species? In a Perspective, Owens discusses new findings (Moore and Wilson) showing that susceptibility to parasitic infections is greater in males than in females and may contribute to male-biased mortality.
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Self-citationParasites as a Viability Cost of Sexual Selection in Natural Populations of Mammals
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Metadata
- Authors
- Owens, I. P. F.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2002-09-20
- Volume
- 297
- Issue
- 5589
- Pages
- 2008-2009
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1614833580
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 16.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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