Maternal inheritance and familial fecundity factors in male homosexuality

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 962-969

  Rahman, Qazi ^a,b   Collins, Anthony ^a   Morrison, Martine ^a   Orrells, Jennifer Claire ^a   Cadinouche, Khatija ^a   Greenfield, Sherene ^a   Begum, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Evolution; Family history; Fecundity; Liability threshold model; Male homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHODOLOGY; RACE; SOUTH ASIA;

BIRTH ORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55149101634     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9191-2     Document Type: Article

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