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The biodemography of human reproduction and fertility / edited by Joseph Lee Rodgers and Hans-Peter Kohler.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fertility, Human.
- Population biology.
- Reproduction.
- Biology.
- Demography.
- Fertility.
- Genetics, Population.
- Medical Subjects:
- Reproduction.
- Biology.
- Demography.
- Fertility.
- Genetics, Population.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Kluwer Academic Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility takes an interdisciplinary look at the subjects of fertility and reproduction. Key topics include: - anorexia as a reproductive disease with evolutionary origins; - the evolutionary basis of menarche; - the familial (genetic) basis of having boys versus girls; - twin fertility; - extramarital childbearing. This book is for advanced level students and researchers who study human reproduction and fertility.
- Contents:
- Part I Biodemography and Fertility: Bio-Evolutionary Models
- Chapter 1 Anorexia: A "Dis-ease" of Low, Low Fertility / Linda Mealey 1
- Chapter 2 Is Phenotypic Plasticity Adaptive? / Kimberly A. Hughes, Mary H. Burleson, F. Helen Rodd 23
- Chapter 3 The Role of Nurturant Schemas in Human Reproduction / Warren B. Miller 43
- Part II Biodemography and Fertility: Evolutionary Life History Models
- Chapter 4 Nonmarital First Births and Women's Life Histories / Kermyt G. Anderson, Bobbi S. Low 57
- Chapter 5 Energetics, Fecundity, and Human Life History / Claudia Valeggia, Peter T. Ellison 87
- Chapter 6 The Biodemography of Modern Women: Tradeoffs When Resources Become Limiting / Bobbi S. Low, Kermyt G. Anderson, Carl P. Simon 105
- Chapter 7 A Life History Approach to Fertility Rates in Rural Gambia: Evidence for Trade-offs or Phenotypic Correlations? / Rebecca Sear, Ruth Mace, Ian A. McGregor 135
- Part III Biodemography and Fertility: Genetic Models
- Chapter 8 Genetic and Shared Environmental Influences on Adolescents' Timing of First Sexual Intercourse: The Moderating Effect of Time Spent with a Sibling / Cathleen B. Hunt, David C. Rowe 161
- Chapter 9 Evidence of an Emerging Collision between the Fertility Transition and Genotype-Dependent Fertility Differentials / James MacMurray, Amanda Madrid, Egidio Bottini, Donn Muhleman, David Comings 187
- Chapter 10 Evidence of Decreased Fertility in Women Carrying the Gene for G6PD deficiency: A Study in the Sardinian Population / Fulvia Gloria-Bottini, Gianfranco F. Meloni, James MacMurray, Ermelando Cosmi, Tullio Meloni, Egidio Bottini 201
- Chapter 11 The Impact of Intergenerationally-Transmitted Fertility and Nuptiality on Population Dynamics in Contemporary Populations / Mike Murphy, Duolao Wang 209
- Chapter 12 Genetic Variance in Human Fertility: Biology, Psychology, or Both? / Joseph Lee Rodgers, Hans-Peter Kohler, Kaare Christensen 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1402072422
- OCLC:
- 50314927
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