Symmetrical women have higher potential fertility

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 390-400

  Jasienska, Grazyna ^a,b   Lipson, Susan F ^c   Ellison, Peter T ^c   Thune, Inger ^d,e   Ziomkiewicz, Anna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Health; Hormones; Menstrual cycle; Premenopausal women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747156101     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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