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Allomaternal care, life history and brain size evolution in mammals

✍ Scribed by Karin Isler; Carel P. van Schaik


Book ID
113713577
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
805 KB
Volume
63
Category
Article
ISSN
0047-2484

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