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Why do females copulate repeatedly with one male?

✍ Scribed by Fiona M. Hunter; Marion Petrie; Merja Otronen; Tim Birkhead; Anders Pape Møller


Book ID
118400669
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
901 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0169-5347

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