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- 7
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- 1
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- 1-16
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W D Hamilton
(1964).
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I.
Journal of Theoretical Biology
, 7
(1)
, 1-16.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(64)90038-4
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- 10.1016/0022-5193(64)90038-4