An association between the kinship and fertility of human couples

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5864, 2008, Pages 813-816

  Helgason, Agnar ^a,b   Pálsson, Snæbjörn ^a,b   Guobjartsson, Daníel F ^a   Kristjánsson, Pórour ^a   Stefánsson, Kári ^a,b  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HOMINID; KINSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFANT MORTALITY; KIN SELECTION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38949188000     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150232     Document Type: Article

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