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Kheng, C.K., Yong, J.C., Li, N.P. (2018). Obligatory Parental Investment. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1992-1
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