The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility

Joseph L. Rodgers and Hans-Peter Kohler (Eds.)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

ISBN 1-4020-7242-2


 

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The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility takes an interdisciplinary look at the subjects of fertility and reproduction.

Key topics include:

This book is for advanced level students and researchers who study human reproduction and fertility

Contents and Contributors

Preface.

Part I: Biodemography and Fertility: Bio-Evolutionary Models.
1. Anorexia: A "Dis-ease" of Low, Low Fertility; L. Mealey.
2. Is Phenotypic Plasticity Adaptive? K.A. Hughes, et al.
3. The Role of Nurturant Schemas in Human Reproduction; W.B. Miller.

Part II: Biodemography and Fertility: Evolutionary Life History Models.
4. Nonmarital First Births and Women's Life Histories; K.G. Anderson, B.S. Low.
5. Energetics, Fecundity, and Human Life History; C. Valeggia, P.T. Ellison.
6. The Biodemography of Modern Women: Tradeoffs When Resources Become Limiting; B.S. Low, et al.
7. A Life History Approach to Fertility Rates in Rural Gambia: Evidence for Trade-offs or Phenotypic Correlations? R. Sear, et al.

Part III: Biodemography and Fertility: Genetic Models.
8. Genetic and Shared Environmental Influences on Adolescents' Timing of First Sexual Intercourse: The Moderating Effect of Time Spent with a Sibling; C.B. Hunt, D.C. Rowe.
9. Evidence of an Emerging Collision between the Fertility Transition and Genotype-Dependent Fertility Differentials; J. MacMurray, et al.
10. Evidence of Decreased Fertility in Women Carrying the Gene for G6PD deficiency: A Study in the Sardinian Population; F. Gloria-Bottini, et al.
11. The Impact of Intergenerationally-Transmitted Fertility and Nuptiality on Population Dynamics in Contemporary Populations; M. Murphy, Duolao Wang.
12. Genetic Variance in Human Fertility: Biology, Psychology, or Both? J.L. Rodgers, et al.

Index.

 

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