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Sex Determination: Turning on sex
Current Biology, 1994The orphan nuclear receptor, steroidogenic factor 1, is central to the differentiation of male and female mammalian gonads. It controls the fate of the initially bipotential gonad as well as later male-specific functions.
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Sex or no sex, reproduction is not the question
BioEssays, 2011Thirty years after Margulis [1] proposed her theory on endosymbiosis and almost a century since Fisher’s work [2] laid the ground for the modern theory of evolution, the question surrounding the evolutionary benefit of sex is still sparking great interest [3].
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Effects of Sex and Sex Roles on Same-Sex Touch
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1994Touch is an important aspect of nonverbal behavior. Important aspects of the relationship of gender and sex roles with same-sex touch were highlighted. 259 subjects participated in the procedure, yielding a significant difference between men and women on same-sex touch.
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1996
Homosexual relations are an ancient practice, mostly condemned or prohibited, but with variable degrees of acceptance and condemnation depending on the culture and customs of the time. The Greeks and their immediate predecessors may have set an unchallenged world record for uninhibited sexual activity.
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Homosexual relations are an ancient practice, mostly condemned or prohibited, but with variable degrees of acceptance and condemnation depending on the culture and customs of the time. The Greeks and their immediate predecessors may have set an unchallenged world record for uninhibited sexual activity.
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, 2018
Global Sex Workers presents the personal experiences of sex workers around the world. Drawing on their individual narratives, it explores international struggles to uphold the rights of this often marginalized group.
K. Kempadoo, Jo Doezema
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Global Sex Workers presents the personal experiences of sex workers around the world. Drawing on their individual narratives, it explores international struggles to uphold the rights of this often marginalized group.
K. Kempadoo, Jo Doezema
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2014
The existence of sex represents a puzzle for evolutionists. Sex clearly allows increasing adaptability in the long term, but this advantage may occur too rarely to balance the costs of sex in the short term. Here, we first outline the two main hypotheses proposed to explain the success of sex, based on short-term benefits: (i) the “red queen ...
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The existence of sex represents a puzzle for evolutionists. Sex clearly allows increasing adaptability in the long term, but this advantage may occur too rarely to balance the costs of sex in the short term. Here, we first outline the two main hypotheses proposed to explain the success of sex, based on short-term benefits: (i) the “red queen ...
Gouyon, Pierre-Henri +2 more
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Sex differences in immune responses
Nature reviews. Immunology, 2016S. Klein, K. Flanagan
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