Genetic analysis of human extrapair mating: Heritability, between-sex correlation, and receptor genes for vasopressin and oxytocin

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 130-136

  Zietsch, Brendan P ^a,b   Westberg, Lars ^c   Santtila, Pekka ^d   Jern, Patrick ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Cheating; Cross sex correlation; Extra pair mating; Function; Infidelity; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84922930492     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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