Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 24-50

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^b   Russell, Andrew F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.004     Document Type: Chapter

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