Genetic confounding of the relationship between father absence and age at menarche

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 357-365

  Barbaro, Nicole ^a   Boutwell, Brian B ^b   Barnes, J C ^c   Shackelford, Todd K ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Behavioral genetics; Father absence; Life history theory; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008190292     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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