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LINEAGE BASED DIFFERENCES IN GRANDPARENTAL INVESTMENT: A GENDER ALTERNATIVE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2012

JORIS GHYSELS
JORIS GHYSELS
Affiliation:
TIER-institute, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 373 - 375
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