Mate retention, semen displacement, and human sperm competition: A preliminary investigation of tactics to prevent and correct female infidelity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 749-763

  Goetz, Aaron T ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Weekes Shackelford, Viviana A ^a   Euler, Harald A ^b   Hoier, Sabine ^b   Schmitt, David P ^c   LaMunyon, Craig W ^d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female infidelity; Human sperm competition; Mate retention; Semen displacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144281593     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.028     Document Type: Article

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