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parent-offspring conflicts

parent-offspring conflicts is the plural of parent-offspring conflict.

Meaning of parent-offspring conflict

Noun

parent-offspring conflict (plural parent-offspring conflicts)

  1. (evolutionary theory) The evolutionary conflict arising from differences in optimal parental investment in an offspring from the standpoint of the parent and the offspring.

Questions about parent-offspring conflicts

What is parent-offspring conflicts the plural of?
Parent-offspring conflicts is the plural of parent-offspring conflict.

Words near parent-offspring conflicts in the dictionary

  1. parent pointer tree
  2. parent trigger
  3. parent triggers
  4. parent-in-law
  5. parent-offspring conflict
  6. parent-offspring conflicts
  7. parent-teacher association
  8. parent-teacher associations
  9. parent-teacher organization
  10. parent-teacher organizations
  11. parent-teacher-student association

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