Does natural selection favour taller stature among the tallest people on earth?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1806, 2015, Pages

  Stulp, Gert ^a,b   Barrett, Louise ^c,d   Tropf, Felix C ^b   Mills, Melinda ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Height; LifeLines; Natural selection; Reproductive success; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HEIGHT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

NETHERLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929484247     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0211     Document Type: Article

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