Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!bionet!arcb.afrc.ac.uk!ODONNELL
From: ODONNELL@arcb.afrc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Sex ratio, Chinese village
Message-ID: <9012101021.AA28930@genbank.bio.net>
Date: 10 Dec 90 09:39:00 GMT
Sender: daemon@genbank.bio.net
Lines: 6

I haven't yet seen any comment on the likelihood, or otherwise, of the
existence of infanticide to skew the ratios. The economic pressure seems
quite strong to do this, so should be examined before invoking genetic
explanations.

Cary O'Donnell