Reduced fertility in patients' families is consistent with the sexual selection model of schizophrenia and schizotypy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEXUAL SELECTION; SUBFERTILITY; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 78650815463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016040     Document Type: Article

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