Beautiful parents have more daughters: A further implication of the generalized Trivers-Willard hypothesis (gTWH)

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-140

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BEAUTY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33751019177     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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