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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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I Want to but I Won't: Pluralistic Ignorance Inhibits Intentions to Take Paternity Leave in Japan
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 The number of male employees who take paternity leave in Japan has been low in past decades. However, the majority of male employees actually wish to take paternity leave if they were to have a child.
Takeru Miyajima, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
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Origin of subgenomes in the circumboreal, allopolyploid, carnivorous plant Drosera anglica
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise The parentage of the widespread allopolyploid Drosera anglica, a member of the carnivorous sundew genus, remains uncertain despite over 100 years of morphological, cytological, and, more recently, molecular study. Methods Using transcriptomic and genomic data from 12 species of Drosera sect. Drosera, including four D.
Rebekah A. Mohn, Ya Yang
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Paternalism as Punishment [PDF]
Utilitas, 2020 AbstractIn this article, I argue that even if we hold that at least some paternalistic behaviour is impermissible when directed towards innocent persons, in certain cases, the same behaviour is permissible when directed towards criminal offenders. I also defend the claim that in some cases it is morally preferable to behave paternalistically towards ...
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Existing research on the economic outcomes of 9/11 remains limited and has primarily focused on early retirement. Little is known about the prevalence of work disability and loss of a loved one and whether they are associated with survey attrition.
Jennifer Brite +2 more
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Artificial Insemination and Parthenogenesis in the Zebra Shark Stegostoma tigrinum
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Maintaining self-sustaining populations of zoo and aquarium collections can be challenged when natural reproduction fails within mixed-sex populations; however, reproductive success can sometimes be restored with the application of reproductive ...
Lance Adams +7 more
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Economics and Philosophy, 2014 A capability approach prescribes paternalist government actions to the extent that it requires the promotion of specific functionings, instead of the corresponding capabilities. Capability theorists have argued that their theories do not have much of these paternalist implications, since promoting capabilities will be the rule, promoting functionings ...
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT FOXA2 (hepatocyte nuclear factor‐3β, HNF‐3β) encodes a transcriptional activator involved in early embryogenesis, particularly in the patterning and differentiation of midline structures such as the neural tube, foregut, and pituitary gland. Its role in human pathogenesis was first suspected when patients with deletion of chromosome 20p11.2 ...
Christopher Connolly +3 more
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Cogent Social SciencesThe study investigates factors that influence men’s decisions to seek deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity tests in Zimbabwe. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological design was used as a research design.
Zvikomborero M. Robson +2 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism caused by ATP7B mutations. Diagnosis is usually straightforward in symptomatic patients, but can be challenging in children and adolescents with mild liver disease, borderline urinary copper excretion, or inconclusive genetic findings.
Emanuele Nicastro +10 more
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