Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252 , July 2007

Father–daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study

  • Agnieszka Wiszewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Boguslaw Pawlowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors.
    • ,
  • Lynda G. Boothroyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors.

Received 3 July 2006 ,Accepted 2 February 2007.

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PII: S1090-5138(07)00023-2

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.02.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252 , July 2007

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