Effects of inheritance and environment on the heights of brothers in nineteenth-century Belgium

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-55

  Alter, George ^a   Oris, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Height; Sibling correlations; Social class; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149105572     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9029-1     Document Type: Article

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