Assortative mating for relative weight: genetic implications.

doi:10.1007/BF02359888

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Assortative mating for relative weight: genetic implications.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1996

Allison D B, Neale M C, Kezis M I, Alfonso V C, Heshka S, Heymsfield S B

Abstract excerpt

Most work on the genetics of relative weight has not considered the role of assortative mating, i.e., mate selection based on similarity between mates. We investigated the extent to which engaged men and women in an archival longitudinal database were similar to each other in relative body weight...

Topics

Adult
Body Weight
Female
Humans
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Spouses

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