Genetic diversity revealed in human faces

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2473-2486

  Lie, Hanne C ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Heterozygosity; Mate preferences; MHC; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMINID; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; FACE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 53149138206     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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