Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeList of Contributors. Preface. Introduction I: Introductory Comments from a Biological Scientist; D.H. Hamer. Introduction II: Introductory Comments from a Social Scientist; C. Bachrach. Part I: Genetic Influences on Fertility Motivation and Fertility Outcomes. 1. Evolutionary Causes of Genetic Variation in Fertility and Other Fitness Components; K.A. Hughes, M.H. Burleson. 2. Genetic Influences on Childbearing Motivation: Further Testing a Theoretical Framework; W.B. Miller, et al. 3. Genetic Influences on Fertility Behavior: Findings From a Danish Twin Study, 1910-1923; H.-P. Kohler, K. Christensen. 4. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Fertility Expectations and Outcomes using NLSY Kinship Data; J.L. Rodgers, D. Doughty. 5. A Heritability Study of Childbearing Motivation; D.J. Pasta, W.B. Miller. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 1-5; J.R. Udry. Part II: Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development and Reproductive Strategies. 6. Conditional and Alternative Reproductive Strategies: Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Rearing Experience; J. Belsky. 7. Environmental and Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development: Evolutionary Life History Traits? D.C. Rowe. 8. Behavior Genetic Modeling of Menarche in U.S. Females; D. Doughty and J.L. Rodgers. 9. Early Family Environment, Reproductive Strategy, and Contraceptive Behavior: Testing a Genetic Hypothesis; W.B. Miller, D.J. Pasta. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 6-9; L. Mealey. Part III: Genetic Influences on Sexuality, Marriage, and Reproduction. 10. The Genetics of Human Sexual Orientation; K. Dawood, J.M. Bailey. 11. Endophenotypes for Marital Status in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry; S.L. Trumbetta, I.I. Gottesman. 12. Age at First Childbirth: A Major Selective Factor for Psychiatric Genes in the Twentieth Century; D.E. Comings. 13. Twinning, Fertility, and the Opportunity for Natural Selection in a Micronesian Island Population; J. Underwood. 14. Associations between the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene (NOS3), Reproductive Behaviors, and Twinning; J. MacMurray, et al. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 10-14; A.J. Figueredo. Index.
Autorenportrait
Joseph Lee Rodgers is a Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Presidential Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Inhalt
List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction I: Introductory Comments from a Biological Scientist; D.H. Hamer. Introduction II: Introductory Comments from a Social Scientist; C. Bachrach. Part I: Genetic Influences on Fertility Motivation and Fertility Outcomes. 1. Evolutionary Causes of Genetic Variation in Fertility and Other Fitness Components; K.A. Hughes, M.H. Burleson. 2. Genetic Influences on Childbearing Motivation: Further Testing a Theoretical Framework; W.B. Miller, et al. 3. Genetic Influences on Fertility Behavior: Findings From a Danish Twin Study, 1910-1923; H.-P. Kohler, K. Christensen. 4. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Fertility Expectations and Outcomes using NLSY Kinship Data; J.L. Rodgers, D. Doughty. 5. A Heritability Study of Childbearing Motivation; D.J. Pasta, W.B. Miller. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 1-5; J.R. Udry. Part II: Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development and Reproductive Strategies. 6. Conditional and Alternative Reproductive Strategies: Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Rearing Experience; J. Belsky. 7. Environmental and Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development: Evolutionary Life History Traits? D.C. Rowe. 8. Behavior Genetic Modeling of Menarche in U.S. Females; D. Doughty and J.L. Rodgers. 9. Early Family Environment, Reproductive Strategy, and Contraceptive Behavior: Testing a Genetic Hypothesis; W.B. Miller, D.J. Pasta. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 6-9; L. Mealey. Part III: Genetic Influences on Sexuality, Marriage, and Reproduction. 10. The Genetics of Human Sexual Orientation; K. Dawood, J.M. Bailey. 11. Endophenotypes for Marital Status in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry; S.L. Trumbetta, I.I. Gottesman. 12. Age at First Childbirth: A Major Selective Factor for Psychiatric Genes in the Twentieth Century; D.E. Comings. 13. Twinning, Fertility, and the Opportunity for Natural Selection in a Micronesian Island Population; J. Underwood. 14. Associations between the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene (NOS3), Reproductive Behaviors, and Twinning; J. MacMurray, et al. Commentary: Commentary on Chapters 10-14; A.J. Figueredo. Index.
