Is genetic diversity associated with mating success in humans?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 903-909

  Lie, Hanne C ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

genetic diversity; heterozygosity; human; mating success; mean d2; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 77949492245     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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