Sociobiology, status, and parental investment in sons and daughters: Testing the Trivers-Willard hypothesis

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1704-1743

  Freese, Jeremy ^a   Powell, Brian ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033130328     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210221     Document Type: Article

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