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  1. Department of Biology, Carleton University, CTTC 4660, Colonel by Drive, K1S5B6, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Changku Kang & Thomas N. Sherratt

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

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Kang, C., Sherratt, T.N. (2017). Disruptive Coloration. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2666-1

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