Sexual selection as a driver of population health

Soc Sci Med. 2014 May:108:243-5. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.010. Epub 2014 Mar 12.

Author

C Mary Schooling¹

Affiliation

¹ City University New York School of Public Health and Hunter College, New York, USA; School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: mschooli@hunter.cuny.edu.

PMID: 24679923
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.010

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Keywords: Birth weight; Evolution; Life history; Male; Population health; Reproductive success; Sexual selection; Trade-off.

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MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Female
Humans
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight*
Male
Pregnancy / physiology*