Estimating the sex-specific effects of genes on facial attractiveness and sexual dimorphism

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-281

  Mitchem, Dorian G ^a   Purkey, Alicia M ^a   Grebe, Nicholas M ^b   Carey, Gregory ^a   Garver Apgar, Christine E ^c   Bates, Timothy C ^d   Arden, Rosalind ^e   Hewitt, John K ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^f   Martin, Nicholas G ^f   Zietsch, Brendan P ^f,g   Keller, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genetics; Facial attractiveness; Femininity; Intralocus sexual conflict; Masculinity; Mate choice; Sex limitation; Sexual selection; Twin and family studies

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROOMING; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRALOCUS SEXUAL CONFLICT MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS;

BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901627732     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9627-5     Document Type: Article

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