IQ population genetics: It's not as simple as you think

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-210

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Brain size; Evolution; Geneculture coevolution; Intelligence; Mutational load; Natural selection; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Race differences

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 1842832759     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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