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| Title |
Genetic Factors That Increase Male Facial Masculinity Decrease Facial Attractiveness of Female Relatives
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| Published in |
Psychological Science, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797613510724 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anthony J. Lee, Dorian G. Mitchem, Margaret J. Wright, Nicholas G. Martin, Matthew C. Keller, Brendan P. Zietsch |
| Abstract |
For women, choosing a facially masculine man as a mate is thought to confer genetic benefits to offspring. Crucial assumptions of this hypothesis have not been adequately tested. It has been assumed that variation in facial masculinity is due to genetic variation and that genetic factors that increase male facial masculinity do not increase facial masculinity in female relatives. We objectively quantified the facial masculinity in photos of identical (n = 411) and nonidentical (n = 782) twins and their siblings (n = 106). Using biometrical modeling, we found that much of the variation in male and female facial masculinity is genetic. However, we also found that masculinity of male faces is unrelated to their attractiveness and that facially masculine men tend to have facially masculine, less-attractive sisters. These findings challenge the idea that facially masculine men provide net genetic benefits to offspring and call into question this popular theoretical framework. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 45 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 13% |
| Japan | 3 | 7% |
| Czechia | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 35 | 78% |
| Scientists | 7 | 16% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 79 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 15% |
| Researcher | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 48% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2024.
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#978,256
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#1,600
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#10,290
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#51
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