Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating: Testing the Tradeoffs Hypothesis

The difference in genetic relatedness between parents and offspring results into traits such as beauty being more beneficial in a spouse than in an in-law. As a consequence, mate and in-law preferences do not overlap, and each party tends to prefer more the traits that give it more benefits. This pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Menelaos Apostolou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-10-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491100900401