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  1. Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Lindsay Bochon, Brian M. Bird & Neil V. Watson

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Bochon, L., Bird, B.M., Watson, N.V. (2020). Function of Dominance. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2519-1

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