Violent men have more sons: Further evidence for the generalized Trivers-Willard hypothesis (gTWH)

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-459

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX RATIO; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BODY SIZE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BATTERED WOMEN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENES, Y-LINKED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645384231     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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