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Evolution: Conflict by the Sexes, for the Sexes [PDF]
A study in spider mites confirms predictions that males and females come into conflict over optimal sex allocation when local mate competition affects sex allocation in haplodiploid species.
Nicola Cook, David M. Shuker
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Sex roles and sex ratios in animals
ABSTRACTIn species with separate sexes, females and males often differ in their morphology, physiology and behaviour. Such sex‐specific traits are functionally linked to variation in reproductive competition, mate choice and parental care, which have all been linked to sex roles.
Kappeler, Peter M.+22 more
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Objective: This paper reports on fertility knowledge and intentions to have children among a national sample of students in years 10–12. Method: Data were from the Fifth National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health.
Wendy Heywood+3 more
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Same sex, no sex, and unaware sex in neurotoxicology [PDF]
Males and females of virtually all species differ in how they respond to their environment. Because such differences exist in almost all biological realms, including disease patterns and therapeutic outcomes, they have evoked calls by various bodies to incorporate their assessment in research.
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Sex Determination: Sex on the Brain? [PDF]
Five newly identified sex-biased transcripts in Drosophila are full of surprises: although they are found in fly heads, and manipulating two of them affects mating behaviors, their genes are expressed sex-specifically in non-neural tissues. The way these genes are regulated suggests new complexities in the sex determination pathway.
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Objectives: To examine links between same‐sex relationship formalisation – such as registered domestic partnerships and commitment ceremony unions – and mental health among lesbians and gay men, after controlling for differences in other relationship ...
Emily Bariola+2 more
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Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students.
Christopher Fisher+7 more
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Letter to the ...
Emma Hilton+4 more
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Objective: To examine the evidence for a national policy response to depression among gay, lesbian and other homosexually active people in Australia. Methods: A literature review using database searches on depression among non‐heterosexual people then a ...
Marina Carman+2 more
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