Inbreeding depression and IQ in a study of 72 countries

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-276

  Woodley, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Democracy index; Education index; GDP per capita; Inbreeding coefficient; Inbreeding depression; IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949123276     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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