Month of birth predicted reproductive success and fitness in pre-modern Canadian women

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1531, 2003, Pages 2355-2361

  Lummaa, Virpi ^a   Tremblay, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early development; Human; Reproductive success; Survival; Timing of birth

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0344873257     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2507     Document Type: Article

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