Do grandparents favor granddaughters? Biased grandparental investment in UK

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 407-415

  Tanskanen, Antti O ^a   Rotkirch, Anna ^b   Danielsbacka, Mirkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grandchild; Grandparent; Paternity uncertainty; Sex chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053573921     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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