Adaptation to sperm competition in humans

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-50

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

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti cuckoldry; Evolutionary psychology; Female infidelity; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947205705     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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