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An immunological incompatibility between mother and foetus in the sex-linked Xga blood group system may help to explain the preferential birth of males.
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JACKSON, C., MANN, J. & SCHULL, W. Xga Blood Group System and the Sex Ratio in Man. Nature 222, 445–446 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222445a0
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