Queering animal sexual behavior in biology textbooks
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics, 2013 Biology is instrumental in establishing and perpetuating societal norms of gender and sexuality, owing to its afforded authoritative role in formulating beliefs about what is "natural".
Malin Ah-King
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The Sexual Motivation of Male Rats as a Tool in Animal Models of Human Health Disorders
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019 Normal or dysfunctional sexual behavior seems to be an important indicator of health or disease. Many health disorders in male patients affect sexual activity by directly causing erectile dysfunction, affecting sexual motivation, or both.
Michal Bialy +3 more
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Noninvasive Assessment of Testosterone Levels and Male Sexual Behavior in Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor) as a Critical Step Toward Conservation in Captivity [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine InternationalThe role of testosterone in regulating the antler cycle and sexual behavior in temperate cervids is well documented. However, studies on tropical cervids, such as the sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), remain limited.
Gholib Gholib +4 more
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Beyond Castration and Culling: Should We Use Non-surgical, Pharmacological Methods to Control the Sexual Behavior and Reproduction of Animals? [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2018 This paper explores ethical issues raised by the application of non-surgical, pharmaceutical fertility control to manage reproductive behaviors in domesticated and wild animal species. We focus on methods that interfere with the effects of GnRH, making animals infertile and significantly suppressing sexual behavior in both sexes.
C. Palmer, H. Pedersen, P. Sandøe
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Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016 Twenty-four-month-old male C57BL/6 mice with low serum testosterone levels were used as a late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) animal model for examining the effects of velvet antler polypeptide (VAP) on sexual function and testosterone synthesis.
Zhi-Jun Zang +6 more
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My Workplace Is Not a Safe Place: Transgressive Behavior and Workplace Harassment in Veterinary Clinics in the Netherlands [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesWorkplace harassment and transgressive behavior—including aggression, bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination—is a growing concern in society, including veterinary practice, worldwide.
Jolanda Jansen +2 more
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Animal models for bipolar disorder: from bedside to the cage
International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 2017 Bipolar disorder is characterized by recurrent manic and depressive episodes. Patients suffering from this disorder experience dramatic mood swings with a wide variety of typical behavioral facets, affecting overall activity, energy, sexual behavior ...
Dominik K. E. Beyer, Nadja Freund
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Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 Despite increasing evidence of the importance of repeatable among-individual differences in behavior (animal personality) in ecology and evolution, little remains known about the role of animal personalities in sexual selection.
Allison M. Roth +6 more
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Steroid hormone signaling during development has a latent effect on adult male sexual behavior in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 It is well established that steroid hormones regulate sexual behavior in vertebrates via organizational and activational effects. However, whether the organizational/activational paradigm applies more broadly to the sexual behavior of other animals such ...
Ashley Bear +2 more
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Glutamate in Male and Female Sexual Behavior: Receptors, Transporters, and Steroid Independence
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 The survival of animal species predicates on the success of sexual reproduction. Neurotransmitters play an integral role in the expression of these sexual behaviors in the brain. Here, we review the role of glutamate in sexual behavior in rodents and non-
Vic Shao-Chih Chiang, Jin Ho Park
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