Alloparental care and the ontogeny of glucocorticoid stress response among stepchildren

Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives on Alloparenting across Human Societies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 264-284

  Flinn, Mark V ^a   Leone, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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