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Individual differences in mating strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

David M. Buss
David M. Buss
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Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1346; [email protected]
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 581 - 582
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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