Evidence for evolution in response to natural selection in a contemporary human population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 17040-17045

  Milot, Emmanuel ^a   Mayer, Francine M ^a   Nussey, Daniel H ^b   Boisvert, Mireille ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^c   Reále, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heritability; Homo sapiens; Life history traits; Lifetime reproductive success; Reproductive timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 80054737022     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104210108     Document Type: Article

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