Mitochondrial DNA paradox: sex-specific genetic structure in a marine mussel – despite maternal inheritance and passive dispersal [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2012 Background When genetic structure is identified using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), but no structure is identified using biparentally-inherited nuclear DNA, the discordance is often attributed to differences in dispersal potential between the sexes. Results
Teske Peter R +3 more
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Frequency‐dependent two‐sex models: a new approach to sex ratio evolution with multiple maternal conditions [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Mothers that experience different individual or environmental conditions may produce different proportions of male to female offspring. The Trivers‐Willard hypothesis, for instance, suggests that mothers with different qualities (size, health, etc.) will
Esther Shyu, Hal Caswell
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What’s Sex (Composition) Got to Do with It? The Importance of Sex Composition of Gangs for Female and Male Members’ Offending and Victimization [PDF]
, 2018 Sex composition of groups has been theorized in organizational sociology and found in prior work to structure female and male members’ behaviors and experiences.
Dana Peterson +36 more
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Sex versus gender associations with brain structure
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2023 In contrast to sex (a biological distinction), little is known about the associations between gender (a societal construct) and brain structure in the general population. In response to this knowledge gap, we examined the associations of sex vs. gender with FreeSurfer-generated cortical thickness and proportion-adjusted subcortical brain volume regions-
H K, Luckhoff +5 more
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Известия ТИНРО, 2020 Size and sex structure of the mysid Paracanthomysis shikhotaniensis aggregations in Peter the Great Bay (Japan Sea) is considered. The samples were collected at the depth of 0.5–2.0 m at Reineke Island in May-October of 2014–2018.
L. G. Sedova, L. L. Budnikova
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Известия ТИНРО, 2020 Size and sex structure of mysid Neomysis mirabilis in Peter the Great Bay is studied. The net samples (160 and 260 per year) were collected at the depth of 0.5–2.0 m in the southern external part of the secondary Amur Bay (at Popov and Reineke Islands ...
L. G. Sedova, L. L. Budnikova
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"The Game" as Structure: Exploring Gendered Identities, Interactions and Macrostructures in the System of Sex Trafficking [PDF]
, 2015 Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons (TIP), is a crime where people profit from the exploitation of others through some form of labor (Polaris, 2015).
Katelyn Henson
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Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex‐specific epidemiology of infection [PDF]
Ecology Letters, 2017 AbstractContact networks are fundamental to the transmission of infection and host sex often affects the acquisition and progression of infection. However, the epidemiological impacts of sex‐related variation in animal contact networks have rarely been investigated.
Silk, M +7 more
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Известия ТИНРО, 2017 Sex and age structure of pacific walruses on the shore rookeries at Cape Serdtse-Kamen’ is considered on the data of observations in 2009-2014. In total, sex and age were determined for 13766 walruses. Adult females were the largest sex-age group - 42.95
Maxim V. Chakilev, Anatoly A. Kochnev
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Measuring public perceptions of sex offenders: reimagining the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale [PDF]
, 2015 The Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale is an 18-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure respondents’ attitudes toward sex offenders.
Craig A. Harper +8 more
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