Low historical rates of cuckoldry in a Western European human population traced by Y-chromosome and genealogical data

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1772, 2013, Pages

  Larmuseau, M H D ^a,c   Vanoverbeke, J ^c   Van Geystelen, A ^c   Defraene, G ^a   Vanderheyden, N ^a   Matthys, K ^c   Wenseleers, T ^c   Decorte, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Genealogy; Human mating systems; Western Europe; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GENEALOGY; HOMINID; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BELGIUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84902659969     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2400     Document Type: Article

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