Schizophrenia as one extreme of a sexually selected fitness indicator

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-109

  Shaner, Andrew ^a,b,d   Miller, Geoffrey ^c   Mintz, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vet Aff Gtr Los Angeles H ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fitness indicator; Genetics; Mate choice; Schizophrenia; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3142693330     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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