Assortative mating for relative weight: Genetic implications

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-111

  Allison, David B ^a   Neale, Michael C ^b   Kezis, Melissa I ^a   Alfonso, Vincent C ^c   Heshka, Stanley ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; genetics; heritability; mate selection; phenotypic variation; relative body weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPOUSES;

EID: 0029878079     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02359888     Document Type: Article

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