Sexual conflict in humans: Evolutionary consequences of asymmetric parental investment and paternity uncertainty

Animal Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-456

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

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infidelity; Paternity uncertainty; Sexual conflict in humans; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HUMAN EVOLUTION; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 72449198090     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075509X12499949744342     Document Type: Article

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