Bateman's principles and human sex roles

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Brown, Gillian R ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^a   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 65649106926     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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