Sex...Only If Really Necessary in a Feminine Monarchy
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Evolution. Sex...only if really necessary in a feminine monarchy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106673