Avoiding costly mating mistakes: Ovulatory shifts in personal mate value assessment

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-455

  Beaulieu, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female attractiveness; Mate preferences; Mate value; Ovulatory shifts; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249703028     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407507077232     Document Type: Article

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