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Does a Marriage Really Need Sex?: A Critical Analysis of the Gender Restriction on Marriage [PDF]

, 2003
This Note discusses the issues surrounding intersex persons and the right to marry. The Comment first discusses the constitutional protection of the right to marry, intersex conditions, and case law regarding intersex, transsexual, and same-sex marriage.
Frankle, Randi E.
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Hungry for Knowledge: Octopamine Signaling Regulates Hunger‐Enhanced Olfactory Learning

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers demonstrate that hunger state facilitates both aversive and appetitive olfactory learning. Two distinct octopamine signaling pathways are involved in aversive or appetitive memory formation in the hunger state. And, hunger state also facilitates the formation of both types of memories via an evolutionarily conserved norepinephrine (the ...
Huijuan Zhao, Guiyuan Shi, Ruixue Qin, Yinghao Sun, Wenbo Guo, Ruixia Shi, Minxian Peng, Jingxuan Yang, Jianjian Zhao, Qiuhan Liu, Jun Xiao, Ke Zhang, Qiang Liu, Wenxing Yang, He Liu   +14 more
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Phylogenomics reveals the evolution of floral traits associated with pollinators and pollinator–prey conflict within the carnivorous Pinguicula subgenus Temnoceras

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) exhibits remarkable floral diversity associated with pollination, particularly in the largest subgenus Temnoceras, which spans Mexico and Central America. Despite this diversity, the relationships between species and the evolution of key floral traits remain unresolved. Here, we
Yunjia Liu, Qianshi Lin, Steven J. Fleck, Martín Mata‐Rosas, Enrique Ibarra‐Laclette, Tanya Renner   +5 more
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Not Judging by Appearances: The Role of Genotype in Jewish Law on Intersex Conditions [PDF]

, 2012
Jewish communities have always had children with intersex conditions, which involve atypical anatomic, chromosomal, or gonadal sex. In the last several decades, Orthodox rabbis have issued ad hoc rulings to assign sex to children and adults with intersex
Hillel Gray
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How Do I Answer This? A Queer Critique of Australian Census Forms and the Reification of Cisheteronormative Families

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
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“I’ve had constant fears that I’ll get cancer”: the construction and experience of medical intervention on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
Purpose This paper examines the subjective experience of medical interventions on intersex bodies to reduce cancer risk. Methods Twenty-five individuals with intersex variations took part in semi-structured interviews, analysed through thematic discourse
Jane M. Ussher, Morgan Carpenter, Rosalie Power, Samantha Ryan, Kimberley Allison, Bonnie Hart, Alexandra Hawkey, Janette Perz   +7 more
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Cultural Awareness of Intersex in Malta: Invisibility, Stigma and Epistemic Injustice

Social Sciences
In 2015, Malta introduced ground-breaking legal reform designed to protect the bodily integrity of intersex infants in Malta. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals, lawyers, policy-makers and advocates, this article ...
Claudia Bartolo Tabone, Fae Garland, Mitchell Travis   +2 more
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The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urbanisation is a key driver of global environmental change and presents animals with novel stressors and challenges. It can fundamentally influence social behaviour and has the potential to reshape within‐ and between‐species social interactions. Given the role of social behaviour in reproductive fitness and survival, understanding how social
Avery L. Maune, Barbara A. Caspers, Isabel Damas‐Moreira   +2 more
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The β integrin modulates serotonin sensitivity via NPxY motifs to regulate egg laying and mechanosensation behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Integrin is an αβ heterodimeric receptor to the extracellular matrix; its binding to the matrix recruits focal adhesions to two NPxY motifs, the tyrosine phosphorylation sites in the cytoplasmic domain. Studies found that replacing tyrosines (Y) with phenylalanines (F) in the motif of β1 integrin displayed little developmental or ...
Josh Haram Bumm, Daniel Dogeon Lee, Zhongqiang Qiu, Angela Haeun Choi, Meghana Kolluri, Michael J. Olsen, Lianzijun Wang, Myeongwoo Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of a Goat Intersexuality-Associated Novel Variant Through Genome-Wide Resequencing and Hi-C

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Background: Polled intersex syndrome (PIS) leads to reproductive disorders in goats and exerts a heavy influence on goat breeding. Since 2001, the core variant of an 11.7 kb deletion at ~129 Mb on chromosome 1 (CHI1) has been widely used as a genetic ...
Guang-Xin E, Dong-Ke Zhou, Zhu-Qing Zheng, Bai-Gao Yang, Xiang-Long Li, Lan-Hui Li, Rong-Yan Zhou, Wen-Hui Nai, Xun-Ping Jiang, Jia-Hua Zhang, Qiong-Hua Hong, Yue-Hui Ma, Ming-Xing Chu, Hui-Jiang Gao, Yong-Ju Zhao, Xing-Hai Duan, Yong-Meng He, Ri-Su Na, Yan-Guo Han, Yan Zeng, Yu Jiang, Yong-Fu Huang   +21 more
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