Adaptations to Ovulation

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 344-371

  Gangestad, Steven W ^a   Thornhill, Randy ^a   Garver Apgar, Christine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concealed ovulation; Cryptic choice mechanisms; Extended female sexuality; Extra pair copulation theory; Human mating; Male mate guarding; Menstrual cycle variation; Sexually antagonistic coevolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987780152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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