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Evolutionary biology: Group selection and the sex ratio

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  1. Biology Department, Princeton University, New Jersey, 08540

    Paul H. Harvey

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK

    Linda Partridge

  3. Biology Department, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521, USA

    Len Nunney

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Harvey, P., Partridge, L. & Nunney, L. Evolutionary biology: Group selection and the sex ratio. Nature 313, 10–11 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/313010b0

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