Comparative evolutionary psychology of sperm competition

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-146

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Goetz, Aaron T ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative psychology; Cuckoldry; Evolutionary psychology; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EJACULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EJACULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PENIS; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33745638804     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.2.139     Document Type: Article

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