From birds and bees to babies? Can theories on genetic conflict aid the clinician?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2091-2092

  Moore, T ^a   Collins, B ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIRD; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

APOIDEA; AVES;

EID: 0030782653     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019558     Document Type: Short Survey

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