Assortative pairing and life history strategy

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-330

  Figueredo, Aurelio José ^a   Wolf, Pedro S A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Bet hedging; Genetic similarity theory; Life history strategy; Mate value

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349109072     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9068-2     Document Type: Article

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