Do men's faces really signal heritable immunocompetence?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 579-589

  Scott, Isabel M L ^a   Clark, Andrew P ^b   Boothroyd, Lynda G ^c   Penton Voak, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attractiveness; competition; faces; female choice; humans; immunocompetence; males; masculinity; mate preferences; testosterone

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISEASE PREVALENCE; HERITABILITY; HORMONE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MASCULINIZATION; MATE CHOICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876007278     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars092     Document Type: Review

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