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Female Reproductive Behavior [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences, 2018
Reproductive behavior is the behavior related to the production of offspring and includes all aspects from the establishment of mating systems, courtship, sexual behavior, and parturition to the care of young. In this chapter, I outline the hormonal regulation of the estrous cycle, followed by a description of the neural regulation of female sexual ...
Eelke M. S. Snoeren
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Reproductive Neuroendocrine Pathways of Social Behavior [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2016
Social behaviors are key components of reproduction, because they are essential for successful fertilization. Social behaviors, such as courtship, mating, and aggression, are strongly associated with sex steroids, such as testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone.
Parhar, Ishwar S.   +2 more
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An Improved Squirrel Search Algorithm With Reproductive Behavior

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
The squirrel search algorithm (SSA) is a recently proposed nature-inspired algorithm based on the dynamic foraging and gliding behavior of squirrels.
Xuncai Zhang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Flehmen, Osteophagia, and Other Behaviors of Giraffes (Giraffa giraffa angolensis): Vomeronasal Organ Adaptation

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
The size of adult male giraffes (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) far exceeds the size of the females. At the Namutoni waterholes in Etosha National Park, bulls were seen many times each day screening adult females for their pending sexual receptivity by ...
Lynette A. Hart, Benjamin L. Hart
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FERTILITY TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN MODEL IN MOLDOVA: EXPLORATION IN BASE ON THE GENERATION AND GENDER SURVEY

open access: yesEconomy and Sociology, 2022
In Moldova, like in other countries of Eastern Europe, after the 1990s, fertility transition from the traditional model to the modern one is occurring. A stable fertility decline was observed up to 2004, while the total fertility rate settled at 1.7-1.8 ...
Ecaterina Grigoraș, Olga GAGAUZ
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Effects of density experience on mate guarding behavior by adult male Kanzawa spider mites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In the Kanzawa spider mite, Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae), adult males guard pre-reproductive quiescent females. I experimentally examined the effects of density experience during development and/or after adult emergence on precopulatory ...
Oku, K.
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Factors affecting the achievement of fertility intentions in urban Nigeria: analysis of longitudinal data

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria is among the highest in the world with an estimated 160 women dying every day of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. In addition to appropriate management of complications related to pregnancy
Stella Babalola   +5 more
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Identification of neurohypophysial hormones and the role of VT in the parturition of pregnant seahorses (Hippocampus erectus)

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Neurohypophysial hormones regulate the reproductive behavior of teleosts; however, their role in the gestation and parturition of ovoviviparous fishes with male pregnancy (syngnathids) remains to be demonstrated.
Huixian Zhang   +9 more
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Individual and Environmental Predictors of Age of First Intercourse and Number of Children by Age 27

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Reproductive behavior characteristics may be influenced by both social and individual factors. Recent studies have revealed that personality traits might be related to reproductive characteristics in adulthood.
Wojciech Ł. Dragan   +4 more
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BIRTH PROMOTION MEASURES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

open access: yesInternational Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy, 2021
The article is devoted to the study of birth promotion measures in the RA and European countries. Birth rates throughout the world have dropped dramatically in recent decades. The above-mentioned issue is highlighted in European countries.
Manuk Movsisyan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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