Father absence predicts age at sexual maturity and reproductive timing in British men
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Father absence predicts age at sexual maturity and reproductive timing in British men.
Despite the widespread assumption that paternal investment is substantial in our species, previous studies have shown mixed results in relation to the impact of fathers on both offspring survival and reproductive outcomes. Using data from a large representative sample of British men, we tested whether father absence is associated with the timing of reproduction-related events among boys, while ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0747