Genetic relatedness to sisters' children has been underestimated

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1751, 2013, Pages

  Rogers, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avunculate; Genetic relatedness; Paternity threshold

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 84870443290     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1937     Document Type: Article

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