Is human mating adventitious or the result of lawful choice? A twin study of mate selection.

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

• Publication date

  1993-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.65.1.56PMID 8355143
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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