paternity
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Using this extensive dataset, scientists investigated how the population's age structure, male behavior, and paternity patterns have changed over time.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
In non-human animals, researchers have instead turned to long-term observations of social groups and genetic paternity testing to understand reproductive patterns.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
“We actually do a DNA test on the infant to determine paternity because we don’t know.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
It will give workers access to sick pay and paternity leave from the first day on the job and contains new protections for pregnant women and new mothers.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
With Eugene Torre’s assistance, an Icelandic lawyer—Thordur Bogason—was hired to represent the child, and soon after the attorney petitioned the court for a DNA test in an attempt to prove Bobby’s paternity.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing paternity
It's All in the Family
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UCPS 6th Grade Roots List #8
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