Fertility in the mothers of firstborn homosexual and heterosexual men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 551-556

  Blanchard, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Behavior genetics; Birth order; Evolutionary psychology; Fertility; Homosexuality; Keywords Adaptive fitness; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84864028965     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9888-0     Document Type: Article

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