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Recent Findings on Fraternal Birth Order and Homosexuality in Males

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Blanchard, R. Recent Findings on Fraternal Birth Order and Homosexuality in Males. Arch Sex Behav 48, 1899–1900 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01504-0

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