Do parents favor their adoptive or biological children? Predictions from kin selection and compensatory models
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Do parents favor their adoptive or biological children? Predictions from kin selection and compensatory models
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Evolution and Human Behavior
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1090-5138
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.03.001