Human assortative mating: more questions concerning genetic similarity theory

1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 550-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBIN J.H. RUSSELL ◽  
PAMELA A. WELLS
1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Philippe Rushton ◽  
Robin J. H. Russell ◽  
Pamela A. Wells

1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
J PHILIPPERUSHTON ◽  
R RUSSELL ◽  
P WELLS

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONAEL E. ECKMAN ◽  
ROBERT WILLIAMS ◽  
CRAIG NAGOSHI

The present study involved analyses of a Caucasian American sample (n=949) and a Japanese American sample (n=400) for factors supporting Genetic Similarity Theory (GST). The analyses found no evidence for the presence of genetic similarity between spouses in either sample for the blood group analyses of nine loci. All results indicated random mating for blood group genes. The results did not provide consistent substantial support to show that spousal similarity is correlated with the degree of genetic component of a trait for a set of seventeen individual differences variables, with only the Caucasian sample yielding significant correlations for this analysis. A third analysis examining the correlation between presence of spousal genetic similarity and spousal similarity on observable traits was not performed because spousal genetic similarity was not observed in either sample. The overall implication of the study is that GST is not supported as an explanation for spousal similarity in humans.


1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 571-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Mealey

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