Cross-cousin marriage among the Yanomamö shows evidence of parent-offspring conflict and mate competition between brothers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2017, Pages E2590-E2597

  Chagnon, Napoleon A ^a   Lynch, Robert F ^a   Shenk, Mary K ^a   Hames, Raymond ^b   Flinn, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cousin marriage; Inbreeding; Local mate competition; Parent offspring conflict; Yanomam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROTHER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GRANDCHILD; HUMAN; HUSBAND; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SIBLING; YANOMAMI (PEOPLE); CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; MARRIAGE; PEDIGREE;

CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 85016437631     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618655114     Document Type: Article

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