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Evidence for genetic variation in human mate preferences for sexually dimorphic physical traits.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2012

Verweij Karin J H, Burri Andrea V, Zietsch Brendan P

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Intersexual selection has been proposed as an important force in shaping a number of morphological traits that differ between human populations and/or between the sexes. Important to these accounts is the source of mate preferences for such traits, but this has not been investigated. In a large sample of twins, we assess forced-choice, dichotomous mate preferences for height, skin colour, hair colour and length,...

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PMID: 23166631
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049294
PMCID: PMC3498105

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