Separated at birth: The interlinked origins of Darwin's unconscious selection concept and the application of sexual selection to race

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-258

  Alter, Stephen G ^a  

^a GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Charles Darwin; Race; Sexual selection; Unconscious selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; RACE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NATURAL HISTORY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34347327132     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-006-9113-5     Document Type: Review

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