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Studies in sexual phenomena. VII. The transference of male secondary sexual display characters to the female

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Winterbottom, J.M. Studies in sexual phenomena. VII. The transference of male secondary sexual display characters to the female. Journ. of Gen. 21, 367–387 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984213

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