Human fertility, molecular genetics, and natural selection in modern societies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Tropf, Felix C ^a   Stulp, Gert ^b   Barban, Nicola ^c   Visscher, Peter M ^d   Yang, Jian ^d   Snieder, Harold ^e   Mills, Melinda C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84935873143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126821     Document Type: Article

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