Heterogeneous effects of natural selection on the Italian newborns

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Zonta, L A ^a,c   Astolfi, P ^a   Ulizzi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Dept of Genetics and Microbiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEWBORN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030979561     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480097006027     Document Type: Article

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