Sexy sons and sexy daughters: the influence of parents' facial characteristics on offspring

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1843-1853

  Cornwell, R Elisabeth ^a   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attractiveness; masculinity; offspring; parent; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 56049120291     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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