Human sexual conflict from molecules to culture

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 564-587

  Gorelik, Gregory ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms race; Culture; Extended phenotype; Parental investment; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755206802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491100900408     Document Type: Article

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