Offspring production among the extended relatives of samoan men and fa'afafine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  VanderLaan, Doug P ^a   Forrester, Deanna L ^a   Petterson, Lanna J ^a   Vasey, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GRANDPARENT; GYNEPHILIA; HUMAN; MALE; PROGENY; RELATIVE; REPRODUCTION; SAMOA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAMOA; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84860449068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036088     Document Type: Article

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