Marriage and genetic variation across the lifespan: Not a steady relationship?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-375

  Trumbetta, Susan L ^a   Markowitz, Ezra M ^a   Gottesman, Irving I ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Divorce; Endophenotypes; Genetics; Heritability; Individual differences; Lifespan; Marriage; Natural selection; Pair bonding; Twins; World War II veteran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; SELF REPORT;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; TELEPHONE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947237757     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9132-1     Document Type: Article

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