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Facial attractiveness is only weakly linked to genome-wide heterozygosity by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…It has been frequently suggested that overall genomic heterozygosity and, particularly, heterozygosity of loci on the so-called major histocompatibility…”
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Evidence for a maximum “shelf-life” of oocytes in mammals suggests that human menopause may be an implication of meiotic arrest by Huber, Susanne, Fieder, Martin

“…There is an ongoing debate why a trait like human menopause should have evolved. Adaptive explanations explain menopause with fitness benefits of ceasing…”
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Political Attitude and Fertility: Is There a Selection for the Political Extreme? by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…There is growing evidence that human ideology as well as social and political attitudes also have a genetic basis. In case of some genetic predisposition of…”
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Real-life helping behaviours in North America: A genome-wide association approach by Primes, Georg, Fieder, Martin

“…In humans, prosocial behaviour is essential for social functioning. Twin studies suggest this distinct human trait to be partly hardwired. In the last decade…”
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Marriage in the Melting Pot: An Evolutionary Approach to European Ancestry, Homogamy, and Fertility in the United States by Schahbasi, Alexander, Huber, Susanne, Fieder, Martin

“…To understand marriage patterns, homogamy, and fertility of women of European ancestry in the United States from an evolutionary perspective, we investigated…”
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Ethnic Identity and Genome Wide Runs of Homozygosity by Fieder, Martin, Mitchell, Brittany L., Gordon, Scott, Huber, Susanne, Martin, Nicholas G.

“…It is long known that inbreeding increases the detrimental effects of recessive sequence variants in “Runs of Homozygosity” (ROHs). However, although the…”
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The effects of sex and childlessness on the association between status and reproductive output in modern society by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…Abstract Examining the association between socioeconomic status and reproductive output in modern societies has led to conflicting results. In this study, we…”
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Educational homogamy lowers the odds of reproductive failure by Huber, Susanne, Fieder, Martin

“…Assortative mating based on education is a common phenomenon. We investigated whether it affected parameters of reproductive performance such as childlessness,…”
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Female Reproductive Performance and Maternal Birth Month: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Exploring Multiple Seasonal Mechanisms by Boland, Mary Regina, Fieder, Martin, John, Luis H., Rijnbeek, Peter R., Huber, Susanne

“…Globally, maternal birth season affects fertility later in life. The purpose of this systematic literature review is to comprehensively investigate the birth…”
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Unveiling the Genetic History of the Maniq, a Primary Hunter-Gatherer Society by Göllner, Tobias, Larena, Maximilian, Kutanan, Wibhu, Lukas, Helmut, Fieder, Martin, Schaschl, Helmut

“…Abstract The Maniq of southern Thailand is one of the last remaining practicing hunter-gatherer communities in the world. However, our knowledge on their…”
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Socioeconomic status, education, and reproduction in modern women: An evolutionary perspective by Huber, Susanne, Bookstein, Fred L., Fieder, Martin

“…Although associations between status or resources and reproduction are positive in premodern societies and also in men in modern societies, in modern women the…”
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Sex Differences in Intergenerational Income Transmission and Educational Attainment: Testing the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis by Pink, Katharina E, Schaman, Anna, Fieder, Martin

“…From an evolutionary point of view, sex differences in intergenerational transmission of income may be influenced by the Trivers-Willard (T-W) effect: Low…”
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The association between pro-social attitude and reproductive success differs between men and women by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…The evolution of pro-social attitude and cooperation in humans is under debate. Most of the knowledge on human cooperation results from laboratory experiments…”
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An Evolutionary Account of Status, Power, and Career in Modern Societies by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…We hypothesize that in modern societies the striving for high positions in the hierarchy of organizations is equivalent to the striving for status and power in…”
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Ownership of dwelling affects the sex ratio at birth in Uganda by Wallner, Bernard, Fieder, Martin, Seidler, Horst

“…Socio-economic conditions can affect the secondary sex ratio in humans. Mothers under good environmental conditions are predicted to increase the birth rates…”
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Living with own or husband's mother in the household is associated with lower number of children: a cross-cultural analysis by Huber, Susanne, Zahourek, Patricia, Fieder, Martin

“…It has been discussed in the literature that the presence of kin, particularly the presence of a women's own mother or her mother in law, may have fertility…”
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Allelic variation of the COMT gene in a despotic primate society: A haplotype is related to cortisol excretion in Macaca fuscata by Pflüger, Lena S., Gutleb, Daria R., Hofer, Martin, Fieder, Martin, Wallner, Bernard, Steinborn, Ralf

“…Sequence variations in genes of the monoamine neurotransmitter system and their common function in human and non-human primate species are an ongoing issue of…”
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Variation at genes influencing facial morphology are not associated with developmental imprecision in human faces by Windhager, Sonja, Schaschl, Helmut, Schaefer, Katrin, Mitteroecker, Philipp, Huber, Susanne, Wallner, Bernard, Fieder, Martin

“…Facial asymmetries are commonly used as a proxy for human developmental imprecision resulting from inbreeding, and thus reduced genetic heterozygosity. Several…”
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Parental age difference and offspring count in humans by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne

“…Preferences for certain age characteristics of partners are reported across cultures: men prefer mates who are younger and women prefer mates older than…”
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Inconsistent year-to-year fluctuations limit the conclusiveness of global higher education rankings for university management by Sorz, Johannes, Wallner, Bernard, Seidler, Horst, Fieder, Martin

“…Backround. University rankings are getting very high international media attention, this holds particularly true for the Times Higher Education Ranking (THE)…”
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