Big and tall parents have more sons: Further generalizations of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-590

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Generalized Trivers Willard hypothesis (gTWH); Offspring sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HERITABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 20344366558     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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