Differential reproductive pattern in a rural Spanish region (La Cabrera, León): Consequences for potential natural selection

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 664-672

  Villegas, María José Blanco ^a   Fuster, Vicente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; La Cabrera; Mortality; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LA CABRERA; LEON [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CABRERA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPAIN;

EID: 40949110109     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701654349     Document Type: Article

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