Why do blue-eyed men prefer women with the same eye color?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-384

  Laeng, Bruno ^a   Mathisen, Ronny ^a   Johnsen, Jan Are ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Eye color; Paternity confidence

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; EYE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY;

NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 33845599519     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0266-1     Document Type: Article

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