Parent–offspring conflict
✍ Scribed by Emlen, Stephen T.; Wrege, Peter H.
- Book ID
- 109781594
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 359
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/359024b0
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