Ebook: Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Theoretical and Empirical Contributions from the Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty, marriage, sexual behavior, and twinning. Employing a broad range of methodological approaches, including molecular and behavioral genetics, this book weaves a new theoretical framework that shows how genes can help relate fertility planning to fertility outcome, and how puberty, sexuality, marriage, and reproduction can be conceptually linked through the genes that contribute to individual differences in the human process.

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Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty, marriage, sexual behavior, and twinning. Employing a broad range of methodological approaches, including molecular and behavioral genetics, this book weaves a new theoretical framework that shows how genes can help relate fertility planning to fertility outcome, and how puberty, sexuality, marriage, and reproduction can be conceptually linked through the genes that contribute to individual differences in the human process.

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Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty, marriage, sexual behavior, and twinning. Employing a broad range of methodological approaches, including molecular and behavioral genetics, this book weaves a new theoretical framework that shows how genes can help relate fertility planning to fertility outcome, and how puberty, sexuality, marriage, and reproduction can be conceptually linked through the genes that contribute to individual differences in the human process.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Introductory Comments from a Biological Scientist....Pages 1-2
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Introductory Comments from a Social Scientist....Pages 3-5
Evolutionary Causes of Genetic Variation in Fertility and other Fitness Components....Pages 7-33
Genetic Influences on Childbearing Motivation: Further Testing a Theoretical Framework....Pages 35-66
Genetic Influences on Fertility Behavior: Findings From a Danish Twin Study, 1910–1923....Pages 67-84
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Fertility Expectations and Outcomes Using NLSY Kinship Data....Pages 85-105
A Heritability Study of Childbearing Motivation....Pages 107-120
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 1–5....Pages 121-126
Conditional and Alternative Reproductive Strategies: Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Rearing Experiences....Pages 127-146
Environmental and Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development: Evolutionary Life History Traits?....Pages 147-168
Behavior Genetic Modeling of Menarche in U.S. Females....Pages 169-181
Early Family Environment, Reproductive Strategy, and Contraceptive Behavior: Testing a Genetic Hypothesis....Pages 183-230
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 6–9....Pages 231-235
The Genetics of Human Sexual Orientation....Pages 237-252
Endophenotypes for Marital Status in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry....Pages 253-269
Age at First Childbirth: A Major Selective Factor for Psychiatric Genes in the Twentieth Century....Pages 271-287
Twinning, Fertility, and the Opportunity for Natural Selection in a Micronesian Island Population....Pages 289-302
Associations Between the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene (NOS3), Reproductive Behaviors, and Twinning....Pages 303-316
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 10–14....Pages 317-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-331

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Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty, marriage, sexual behavior, and twinning. Employing a broad range of methodological approaches, including molecular and behavioral genetics, this book weaves a new theoretical framework that shows how genes can help relate fertility planning to fertility outcome, and how puberty, sexuality, marriage, and reproduction can be conceptually linked through the genes that contribute to individual differences in the human process.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Introductory Comments from a Biological Scientist....Pages 1-2
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Introductory Comments from a Social Scientist....Pages 3-5
Evolutionary Causes of Genetic Variation in Fertility and other Fitness Components....Pages 7-33
Genetic Influences on Childbearing Motivation: Further Testing a Theoretical Framework....Pages 35-66
Genetic Influences on Fertility Behavior: Findings From a Danish Twin Study, 1910–1923....Pages 67-84
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Fertility Expectations and Outcomes Using NLSY Kinship Data....Pages 85-105
A Heritability Study of Childbearing Motivation....Pages 107-120
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 1–5....Pages 121-126
Conditional and Alternative Reproductive Strategies: Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Rearing Experiences....Pages 127-146
Environmental and Genetic Influences on Pubertal Development: Evolutionary Life History Traits?....Pages 147-168
Behavior Genetic Modeling of Menarche in U.S. Females....Pages 169-181
Early Family Environment, Reproductive Strategy, and Contraceptive Behavior: Testing a Genetic Hypothesis....Pages 183-230
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 6–9....Pages 231-235
The Genetics of Human Sexual Orientation....Pages 237-252
Endophenotypes for Marital Status in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry....Pages 253-269
Age at First Childbirth: A Major Selective Factor for Psychiatric Genes in the Twentieth Century....Pages 271-287
Twinning, Fertility, and the Opportunity for Natural Selection in a Micronesian Island Population....Pages 289-302
Associations Between the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene (NOS3), Reproductive Behaviors, and Twinning....Pages 303-316
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Commentary on Chapters 10–14....Pages 317-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-331
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