Assortative mating, differential fertility and abnormal pregnancy outcome.

doi:10.1080/03014468800009661

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Assortative mating, differential fertility and abnormal pregnancy outcome.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Mascie-Taylor C G, Boldsen J L

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This study examines the relationship between spousal likeness in stature and two measures of reproductive success: the number of live-born children and the frequency of abnormal pregnancies, in a large British national sample. The analyses showed that as the husband-wife height difference increas...

Topics

Adult
Body Height
England
Female
Fertility
Genotype
Humans
Male
Marriage
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Outcome

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