Voice and handgrip strength predict reproductive success in a group of indigenous african females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Atkinson, Jeremy ^a   Pipitone, R Nathan ^b   Sorokowska, Agnieszka ^c   Sorokowski, Piotr ^c   Mberira, Mara ^d   Bartels, Astrid ^e   Gallup, Gordon G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ADAMS STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKER; GRIP STRENGTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VOICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VOICE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84864541206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041811     Document Type: Article

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