Natural Selection on Female Life-History Traits in Relation to Socio-Economic Class in Pre-Industrial Human Populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Pettay, Jenni E ^a   Helle, Samuli ^a   Jokela, Jukka ^b,c   Lummaa, Virpi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 36549081640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000606     Document Type: Article

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