Selection on menopause in two premodern human populations: No evidence for the mother hypothesis

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 476-489

  Lahdenperä, Mirkka ^a   Russell, Andrew F ^b,c   Tremblay, Marc ^d   Lummaa, Virpi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Death from childbirth; Grandmother hypothesis; Longevity; Maternal effects; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SENESCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CHILD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; PARTURITION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79251469744     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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