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Parasites and sexual selection

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  1. Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3PS, UK

    W. D. HAMILTON

  2. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA

    M. ZUK

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HAMILTON, W., ZUK, M. Parasites and sexual selection. Nature 341, 289–290 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/341289b0

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