Female Infidelity and Sperm Competition

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 372-393

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Pound, Nicholas ^b   Goetz, Aaron T ^a   Lamunyon, Craig W ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Female infidelity; Male adaptations; Postcopulatory female adaptation; Precopulatory female adaptation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987784951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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