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  1. University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

    James Sherlock & Brendan Zietsch

  2. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Brendan Zietsch

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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Sherlock, J., Zietsch, B. (2016). Recessive Genes. 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_24-1

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