Sexual selection and the brain

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 82-86

  Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030050380     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81048-2     Document Type: Review

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