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2025 Journal Article Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequencesAbdellaoui, Abdel, Martin, Hilary C., Kolk, Martin, Rutherford, Adam, Muthukrishna, Michael, Tropf, Felix C., Mills, Melinda C., Zietsch, Brendan P., Verweij, Karin J. H. and Visscher, Peter M. (2025). Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences. Nature Human Behaviour e12925, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02150-4 |
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2025 Journal Article Emerging insights into the genetics and evolution of human same-sex sexual behaviorFelesina, Thomas and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2025). Emerging insights into the genetics and evolution of human same-sex sexual behavior. Trends in Genetics. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.12.005 |
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2025 Journal Article Risk of childlessness in help-seeking men with Peyronie’s disease—A Swedish longitudinal studyKuja-Halkola, Ralf, Henningsohn, Lars, Zietsch, Brendan, Larsson, Henrik and Cederlöf, Martin (2025). Risk of childlessness in help-seeking men with Peyronie’s disease—A Swedish longitudinal study. PLoS ONE, 20 (1 January) e0315948, e0315948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315948 |
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2024 Journal Article Deep neural networks generate facial metrics that overcome limitations of previous methods and predict in-person attractionZhao, Amy A. Z. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2024). Deep neural networks generate facial metrics that overcome limitations of previous methods and predict in-person attraction. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45 (6) 106632. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106632 |
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2024 Journal Article Speed-dating and simulation data explain the discrepancy between stated and revealed mate preferencesZhao, Amy A. Z., Zietsch, Brendan P., Sidari, Morgan J. and Lee, Anthony J. (2024). Speed-dating and simulation data explain the discrepancy between stated and revealed mate preferences. European Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1177/08902070241286254 |
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2024 Journal Article Genomic findings and their implications for the evolutionary social sciencesZietsch, Brendan P. (2024). Genomic findings and their implications for the evolutionary social sciences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45 (4) 106596. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106596 |
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2024 Journal Article Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousnessZietsch, Brendan P. (2024). Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11097-024-09978-7 |
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2024 Journal Article The Desirable Dad Hypothesis: Male Same-Sex Attraction as the Product of Selection for Paternal Care via Antagonistic PleiotropyFelesina, Thomas and Zietsch, Brendan (2024). The Desirable Dad Hypothesis: Male Same-Sex Attraction as the Product of Selection for Paternal Care via Antagonistic Pleiotropy. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53 (5), 1731-1745. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02780-7 |
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2023 Journal Article Intergenerational transmission of ADHD behaviors: genetic and environmental pathwaysKleppesto, Thomas H., Eilertsen, Espen Moen, van Bergen, Elsje, Sunde, Hans Fredrik, Zietsch, Brendan, Nordmo, Magnus, Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem, Havdahl, Alexandra, Ystrom, Eivind and Torvik, Fartein Ask (2023). Intergenerational transmission of ADHD behaviors: genetic and environmental pathways. Psychological Medicine, 54 (7), 1309-1317. doi: 10.1017/s003329172300315x |
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2023 Journal Article Laughter and ratings of funniness in speed-dating do not support the fitness indicator hypothesis of humourWainwright, Henry M., Zhao, Amy A.Z., Sidari, Morgan J., Lee, Anthony J., Roberts, Natalie, Makras, Tiah and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2023). Laughter and ratings of funniness in speed-dating do not support the fitness indicator hypothesis of humour. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45 (1), 75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.09.005 |
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2023 Journal Article Burt uses a fallacious motte-and-bailey argument to dispute the value of genetics for social scienceZietsch, Brendan P., Abdellaoui, Abdel and Verweij, Karin J H (2023). Burt uses a fallacious motte-and-bailey argument to dispute the value of genetics for social science. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 46 e231. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22002394 |
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2023 Journal Article Evidence from millions of births refutes the Trivers-Willard hypothesis in humansHarper, Kaitlyn T. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2023). Evidence from millions of births refutes the Trivers-Willard hypothesis in humans. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45 (1), 127-128. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.07.002 |
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2023 Journal Article Objectively measured facial traits predict in-person evaluations of facial attractiveness and prosociality in speed-dating partnersZhao, Amy A.Z., Harrison, Keagan, Holland, Alexander, Wainwright, Henry M., Ceccato, Jo-Maree, Sidari, Morgan J., Lee, Anthony J. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2023). Objectively measured facial traits predict in-person evaluations of facial attractiveness and prosociality in speed-dating partners. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44 (4), 315-323. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.05.001 |
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2023 Journal Article No evidence that sociosexual orientation moderates effects of conception probability on women’s preferences for male facial masculinityLee, Anthony J., Jones, Benedict C., Zietsch, Brendan P., Jern, Patrick, Connolly, Henry and Marcinkowska, Urszula M. (2023). No evidence that sociosexual orientation moderates effects of conception probability on women’s preferences for male facial masculinity. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 10245, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37404-6 |
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2023 Journal Article No evidence that religious celibacy confers inclusive fitness benefits: a comment on: ‘Religious celibacy brings inclusive fitness benefits’ Micheletti <i>et al.</i> (2022)von Pein, Lachlan I., Harper, Kaitlyn T. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2023). No evidence that religious celibacy confers inclusive fitness benefits: a comment on: ‘Religious celibacy brings inclusive fitness benefits’ Micheletti et al. (2022). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290 (2001) 20230176. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0176 |
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2022 Journal Article The role of accurate self-assessments in optimizing mate choiceHarper, Kaitlyn T., Stanley, Fiona, Sidari, Morgan J., Lee, Anthony J. and Zietsch, Brendan P. (2022). The role of accurate self-assessments in optimizing mate choice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50 (4), 1461672221135955-596. doi: 10.1177/01461672221135955 |
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2022 Journal Article Elevated Psychiatric Risk in Same-Sex Married Individuals: Large-scale Evidence is Consistent with a Substantial Role of Familial Common CausesZietsch, Brendan P. (2022). Elevated Psychiatric Risk in Same-Sex Married Individuals: Large-scale Evidence is Consistent with a Substantial Role of Familial Common Causes. Journal of Sex Research, 60 (5), 1-4. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2134285 |
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2021 Journal Article Associations between the CADM2 gene, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and self-control: A phenome-wide association studyArends, Rachel M., Pasman, Joëlle A., Verweij, Karin J.H., Derks, Eske M., Gordon, Scott D., Hickie, Ian, Thomas, Nathaniel S., Aliev, Fazil, Zietsch, Brendan P., van der Zee, Matthijs D., Mitchell, Brittany L., Martin, Nicholas G., Dick, Danielle M., Gillespie, Nathan A., de Geus, Eco J.C., Boomsma, Dorret I., Schellekens, Arnt F.A. and Vink, Jacqueline M. (2021). Associations between the CADM2 gene, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and self-control: A phenome-wide association study. Addiction Biology, 26 (6) e13015, e13015. doi: 10.1111/adb.13015 |
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2021 Journal Article Author Correction: Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour in humansZietsch, Brendan P., Sidari, Morgan J., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Maier, Robert, Långström, Niklas, Guo, Shengru, Beecham, Gary W., Martin, Eden R., Sanders, Alan R. and Verweij, Karin J. H. (2021). Author Correction: Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour in humans. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (9), 1259-1259. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01210-9 |
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2021 Journal Article Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour in humansZietsch, Brendan P., Sidari, Morgan J., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Maier, Robert, Långström, Niklas, Guo, Shengru, Beecham, Gary W., Martin, Eden R., Sanders, Alan R. and Verweij, Karin J. H. (2021). Genomic evidence consistent with antagonistic pleiotropy may help explain the evolutionary maintenance of same-sex sexual behaviour in humans. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (9), 1251-1258. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01168-8 |
