Opportunity for natural selection in a Basque population and its secular trend: Evolutionary implications of epidemic mortality

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-381

  Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Calderón, Rosario ^b   Peña, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque population; Crow's index; Demographic transition; Infectious disease; Microevolution; Mortality crisis; Natural selection; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BASQUE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 4644309067     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0041     Document Type: Review

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