Facialmetric similarities mediate mate choice: Sexual imprinting on opposite-sex parents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Bereczkei, Tamas ^a   Hegedus, Gabor ^a   Hajnal, Gabor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Facial resemblance; Homogamy; Sexual imprinting

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PHOTOGRAPH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACIES; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MOTHER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58149271165     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1021     Document Type: Article

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