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Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Feb 2005
Pettay Jenni E, Kruuk Loeske E B, Jokela Jukka, Lummaa Virpi
Abstract excerpt
An increasing number of studies have documented phenotypic selection on life-history traits in human populations, but less is known of the heritability and genetic constraints that mediate the response to selection on life-history traits in humans. We collected pedigree data for four generations of preindustrial (1745-1900) Finns who lived in premodern fertility and mortality conditions, and by using a restricted...
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