Multivariate cholesky models of human female fertility patterns in the NLSY

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-361

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Bard, David E ^a   Miller, Warren B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Transnational Family Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Fisher's theorem; FTNS; Heritability; Hox genes; Life history theory; Multivariate models; Phenotypic plasticity; Shared Environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; VARIANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33947201606     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9137-9     Document Type: Article

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