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Reproductive Value and the Evolution of Aggression

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  1. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    António M. M. Rodrigues

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Rodrigues, A.M.M. (2020). Reproductive Value and the Evolution of Aggression. In: Shackelford, T.K., Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1792-1

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