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    E. G. Leigh Jr, E. A. Herre & E. A. Fischer

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    E. G. Leigh Jr, E. A. Herre & E. A. Fischer

  3. Department of Psychology NI-25, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    E. G. Leigh Jr, E. A. Herre & E. A. Fischer

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Leigh, E.G., Herre, E.A. & Fischer, E.A. Sex allocation in animals. Experientia 41, 1265–1276 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952069

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