Opportunity for natural selection and gene flow in an isolated Zapotec-speaking community in southern Mexico in the throes of a secular increase in size

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Little, B B ^a   Pena Reyes M ^b   Malina, R M ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body size; Gene flow; Genotype environment interaction; Growth status; Mexico; Natural selection; Zapotec speaking community

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SECULARISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 33845579834     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0047     Document Type: Review

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