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Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation
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- West, S. A., Griffin, A. S., & Gardner, A.
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- R661-R672
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
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- W2143868963
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- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 136.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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