Anti-male (anti-H-Y) male treatment influences progeny sex ratio.
Published data on progeny sex ratio changes resulting from induction or administration of anti-male antibody in parental generation were compared by Fisher's independent test of significance. Sex ratio (males/total) depression is highly significant (P less than 0.001). Our large sample size data confirm this result; significant progeny sex ratio decrease follows active anti-H-Y maternal immunization in mice or passive immunization in D. melanogaster.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005260:Female; D006182:H-Y Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D008297:Male; D012744:Sex Ratio
D000906:Antibodies; D006182:H-Y Antigen