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Mate selection for good parenting skills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

David M. Buss
David M. Buss
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Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1346, Electronic mail: davidhuss@um.cc.umich.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 520 - 521
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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