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Chapter 7. Screening for Offspring Quality

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface xi
  4. Chapter 1. Blame Parents 1
  5. Chapter 2. The Optimistic Parent 9
  6. Chapter 3. Why Parents Play Favorites 32
  7. Chapter 4. How Parents Play Favorites 43
  8. Chapter 5. Family Conflict 55
  9. Chapter 6. Selfishness Unconstrained 78
  10. Chapter 7. Screening for Offspring Quality 87
  11. Chapter 8. Why Twins? 109
  12. Chapter 9. Fatal Sibling Rivalry 129
  13. Chapter 10. Family Harmony 147
  14. Chapter 11. Cannibalism and Infanticide 171
  15. Chapter 12. Brave New Worlds 182
  16. Chapter 13. Debunking the Family Myth 197
  17. Selected References 201
  18. Index 229
A Natural History of Families
This chapter is in the book A Natural History of Families
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400837236.87

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface xi
  4. Chapter 1. Blame Parents 1
  5. Chapter 2. The Optimistic Parent 9
  6. Chapter 3. Why Parents Play Favorites 32
  7. Chapter 4. How Parents Play Favorites 43
  8. Chapter 5. Family Conflict 55
  9. Chapter 6. Selfishness Unconstrained 78
  10. Chapter 7. Screening for Offspring Quality 87
  11. Chapter 8. Why Twins? 109
  12. Chapter 9. Fatal Sibling Rivalry 129
  13. Chapter 10. Family Harmony 147
  14. Chapter 11. Cannibalism and Infanticide 171
  15. Chapter 12. Brave New Worlds 182
  16. Chapter 13. Debunking the Family Myth 197
  17. Selected References 201
  18. Index 229
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