Maintenance of handedness polymorphism in humans: A frequency-dependent selection model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Billiard, Sylvain ^a   Faurie, Charlotte ^a   Raymond, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency dependence; Handedness; Human evolution; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HANDEDNESS; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 17044409706     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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