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  1. Ulster Institute for Social Research, London, UK

    Edward Dutton

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

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    Tara DeLecce

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Dutton, E. (2018). Women Marry Up. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_249-1

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