Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia
Nature Communications, 2019 Although male genital shape is known to evolve rapidly in response to sexual selection, relatively little is known about the evolution of female genital shape.
Leigh W. Simmons, John L. Fitzpatrick
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Evaluation of the interest of women assisted by the Centro de Atenção à Mulher (CAM) of Rio do Sul in intimate aesthetic surgeries [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2022 Introduction: The term female genital surgery encompasses several techniques to improve the female vulvar area, both aesthetically and functionally.
Eduarda Fritsche +6 more
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Three cryptic Anaplecta (Blattodea, Blattoidea, Anaplectidae) species revealed by female genitalia, plus seven new species from China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Morphological characteristics, including male and female genitalia, combined with DNA barcodes were used to identify 470 Anaplecta specimens sampled from China. Ten Anaplecta species are new to science, including three cryptic species: A.
Jing Zhu +4 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 The genus Oryctopterus Karny, 1937 (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatidae, Oryctopinae) is reported from India for the first time and two new species, Ot. varuna sp. nov. and Ot. yeshwanthi sp. nov. are described. Male and female external genitalia of Ot.
S.R. Hiremath, K.D. Prathapan
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PDO threads, calcium hydroxyapatite, and l-polylactic acid for vulvar flaccidity - indications, technique, and results [PDF]
Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023 The labia majora become saggy with aging. Although filling with hyaluronic acid provides significant rejuvenation, it can also lead to the formation of true vulvar testicles if poorly indicated, especially in excessively flaccid vulvas, which do not ...
Vivian de Carvalho Amaral
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Primary chylous lymphangiectasia of female genitalia
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020 We report a case of a 50-year-old female who presented with multiple thick-walled vesicles involving the labia majora and minora which started developing at the age of 10 year. The vesicles extruded milky white fluid when punctured.
Pradeep Balasubramanian +3 more
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Experimental reduction of intromittent organ length reduces male reproductive success in a bug [PDF]
, 2015 This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council DTG PHD studentships to L.R.D., E.R.B.-S. and E.V.G., and an 1851 Royal Commission Research Fellowship to I.A.R.It is now clear in many species that male and female genital evolution has ...
Burdfield-Steel, Emily R. +13 more
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Genital evolution: why are females still understudied? [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2014 The diversity, variability, and apparent rapid evolution of animal genitalia are a vivid focus of research in evolutionary biology, and studies exploring genitalia have dramatically increased over the past decade. These studies, however, exhibit a strong
Malin Ah-King +2 more
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SHILAP, 2021 Oospila curvimargo Herbulot, 1991 is formally reinstated from synonymy with O. sporadata (Warren, 1906), and Oospila arycanda (Druce, 1892) is reinstated from synonymy with O. stagonata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) based on differences in their genitalia.
J. Viidalepp, A. Lindt
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Glyphidops (Glyphidops) filosus (Diptera: Neriidae) revisited, with special attention to the morphology of the male and female terminalia [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020 Although a recent revision of the genus Glyphidops Enderlein covered most its known, some of the Brazilian forms were not surveyed. Here we take advantage of the excellent morphological work available in the literature and redescribe Glyphidops ...
Isabela de Oliveira Motta +1 more
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