Age-specific genetic and maternal effects in fecundity of preindustrial Finnish women

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2297-2304

  Pettay, Jenni E ^a   Charmantier, Anne ^b   Wilson, Alastair J ^c   Lummaa, Virpi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; Maternal effects; Natural selection; Reproduction; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMINID; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 51249105370     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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