Grandmothers' longevity negatively affects daughters' fertility

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-229

  Madrigal, Lorena ^a   Meléndez Obando, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Academia Costarricense de Ciencias Genealógicas

Author keywords

Grandmother hypothesis; Heritability of longevity; Mother hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILITY; HERITABILITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LONGEVITY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 44349156424     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20798     Document Type: Article

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