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Parent-Offspring Conflict

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Conflict over parental investment; Maternal-fetal conflict; Weaning conflict

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  1. Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA

    Amy Jacobson

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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

  3. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Jacobson, A. (2016). Parent-Offspring Conflict. 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_1869-1

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