Developmental stability, disease and medicine

Biological Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-548

  Thornhill, Randy ^a   MØller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Health; Hormones; Inbreeding; Male choice; Medicine; Parasites; Parenting; Physical attractiveness; Psychiatry; Secondary sexual characteristics; Sexual selection; Signalling; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; AGING; ANIMALS; BEAUTY; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FERTILITY; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARASITIC DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

DARWINIA;

EID: 1842408331     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1997.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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