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  1. Experimental Zoology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, De Elst 1, NL-6708 WD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    M. L. Dekker & B. J. A. Pollux

  2. Behavioral Ecology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, De Elst 1, NL-6708 WD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    C. A. Hinde

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  1. M. L. Dekker
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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Dekker, M.L., Hinde, C.A., Pollux, B.J.A. (2016). Secondary Sexual Characteristics. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_65-1

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