sex ratio

sex ratio
sex ratio n the proportion of males to females in a population as expressed by the number of males per hundred females

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the proportion of males to females in a population, usually expressed as the number of males per 100 females. The primary sex ratio, at the time of fertilization, is in theory 50% male. The secondary sex ratio, found at birth, usually indicates slightly fewer girls than boys.

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the proportion of one sex to the other; by tradition the number of males in a population to the number of females, usually stated as the number of males per 100 females.

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