Is there a g factor for fitness?

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 233, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-159

  Houle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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