Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility

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Written by an international group of specialists, the papers of this collection present research on human fertility using the methods, models, and theories from the fields of biology and demography. The topics include anorexia as a disease of low fertility, the possible adaptivity of phenotypic plasticity, the role of nurturant schemas in human reproduction, life history and nonmarital first births, fertility rates and life history in rural Gambia, and genetic models and fertility. Roughly half the twelve chapters of this volume were presented as papers at the eponymous August 2000 conference held in Rostock, Germany.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman. Second volume in an unnamed series provides an interdisciplinary view of fertility and reproduction. Topics include anorexia as a reproductive disease, the evolutionary basis of menarche, the genetic basis of gender, twin fertility, and extramarital childbearing. For researchers and students.


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Written by an international group of specialists, the papers of this collection present research on human fertility using the methods, models, and theories from the fields of biology and demography. The topics include anorexia as a disease of low fertility, the possible adaptivity of phenotypic plasticity, the role of nurturant schemas in human reproduction, life history and nonmarital first births, fertility rates and life history in rural Gambia, and genetic models and fertility. Roughly half the twelve chapters of this volume were presented as papers at the eponymous August 2000 conference held in Rostock, Germany. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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