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Sex differences in stress-related receptors: ″micro″ differences with ″macro″ implications for mood and anxiety disorders

, 2013
Stress-related psychiatric disorders, such as unipolar depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occur more frequently in women than in men.
Bangasser Debra A, Bangasser, DA, Debra A Bangasser   +2 more
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A cognitive developmental study of children's sex-role development

, 1975
Includes bibliographical references.The present study of the acquisition and development of the child's sex-typed behaviours and attitudes is pursued in the Piagetian cognitive developmental tradition.
Ventress, Keith
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Matching Patterns among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in Latin America [PDF]

Using microdata from the censuses of eight countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay), this paper describes matching patterns by age, ethnicity, and education among same-sex and different-sex ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Early establishment and life course stability of sex biases in the human brain transcriptome

To elaborate on the origins of the established male-female differences in several brain-related phenotypes, we assessed the patterns of transcriptomic sex biases in the developing and adult human forebrain.
Benoit-Pilven, Clara, Karjalainen, Juha, Leinonen, Jaakko T., Tukiainen, Taru, Asteljoki, Juho V., Daly, Mark J.   +5 more
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Cause-specific contributions to sex differences in adult mortality among whites and African Americans between 1960 and 1995 [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to describe trends in sex differences in mortality in young adulthood and in middle age among African Americans and whites in the United States between 1960 and 1995.
Greg L. Drevenstedt, Irma Elo
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Sex differences in Drosophila development and physiology

, 2018
Male and female flies differ in many aspects of development and physiology. Identifying the mechanism(s) underlying sex differences in cell and body growth, organ function, and metabolism is important in understanding how these male-female differences in
Jason W Millington, Elizabeth J Rideout, Rideout, Elizabeth J., Millington, Jason W.   +3 more
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Single-sex Schooling and Academic Attainment at School and through the Lifecourse [PDF]

, 2008
This paper examines the impact of single-sex schooling on a range of academic outcomes for a sample of British people born in 1958. In terms of the overall level of qualifications achieved, we find that single-sex schooling is positive for girls at age ...
Sullivan, Alice, Joshi, Heather, Leonard, Diana   +2 more
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Forecasting sex differences in mortality in high income nations [PDF]

To address the question of whether the sex differential in mortality will in the future rise, fall, or stay the same, this study uses the relative smoking prevalence among males and females to forecast future changes in relative smoking-attributed ...
Fred Pampel
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Differences in the cognitive skills of bonobos and chimpanzees

, 2010
While bonobos and chimpanzees are both genetically and behaviorally very similar, they also differ in significant ways. Bonobos are more cautious and socially tolerant while chimpanzees are more dependent on extractive foraging, which requires tools. The
Josep Call, Herrmann Esther, Herrmann, E. ; https://orcid.org/, Call, Josep, Tomasello Michael, Tomasello, M. ; https://orcid.org/, Herrmann, Esther, Tomasello, Michael, Hare Brian, Hare, B., Michael Tomasello, Esther Herrmann, Call, J. ; https://orcid.org/, Brian Hare, Hare, Brian, Call Josep   +15 more
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Testicular differentiation in 46,XX DSD: an overview of genetic causes

Frontiers in Endocrinology
In mammals, the development of male or female gonads from fetal bipotential gonads depends on intricate genetic networks. Changes in dosage or temporal expression of sex-determining genes can lead to differences of gonadal development.
Maria Tereza Martins Ferrari, Elinaelma Suelane do Nascimento Silva, Mirian Yumie Nishi, Rafael Loch Batista, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca, Sorahia Domenice   +6 more
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