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Sex pheromone signal and stability covary with fitness

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
If sexual signals are costly, covariance between signal expression and fitness is expected. Signal–fitness covariance is important, because it can contribute to the maintenance of genetic variation in signals that are under natural or sexual selection ...
Thomas Blankers, Rik Lievers, Camila Plata, Michiel van Wijk, Dennis van Veldhuizen, Astrid T. Groot   +5 more
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Environmental Correlates of Sexual Signaling in the Heteroptera: A Prospective Study

Insects, 2021
Sexual selection is a major evolutionary process, shaping organisms in terms of success in competition for access to mates and their gametes. The study of sexual selection has provided rich empirical and theoretical literature addressing the ecological ...
Eleanor H. Z. Gourevitch, David M. Shuker   +1 more
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Men’s Physical Attractiveness Predicts Women’s Ratings of Sexual Intent through Sexual Arousal: Implications for Sexual (Mis)Communication

Sexes, 2023
Men often perceive greater sexual willingness underlying women’s behaviors than women themselves intend. This discrepancy can contribute to sexual miscommunication and, sometimes, acts of sexual assault.
Tyler N. Livingston, Peter O. Rerick
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Sexual communication between parents-adolescents during covid-19 pandemic in Malang

Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Terapan, 2023
Implementing sexual communication between parents-adolescent is essential to protect adolescents’ sexual health. This research seeks to determine how parents-adolescents’ sexual communication was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Siti Maimunah, Tina Afiatin, Arum Febriani   +2 more
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Is wearing high heels a female mating strategy? Revisiting the original study using qualitative methods

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The 2020 study entitled ‘Wearing high heels as female mating strategy’ by Pavol Prokop and Jana Švancárová claimed that when females imagined an interaction with an attractive male, their preference for high heels steeply increased, compared with an ...
Radomír Masaryk, Nikola Synak, Michaela Belišová   +2 more
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When a male perceives a female: the effect of waxy components on the body surface on decision-making in the invasive pest weevil [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Insects use various semiochemicals for sexual communication and mate recognition; these can therefore be used to govern the behaviours of harmful pest species, and several candidate chemicals have been explored for this purpose. For the West Indian sweet
Mutsumi Isa, Norikuni Kumano, Haruki Tatsuta   +2 more
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Comparison of the Sex Pheromone Composition of Harmonia axyridis Originating from Native and Invaded Areas

Insects, 2019
The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), originates from South-East Asia and is now considered as an invasive species at a worldwide scale, with populations encountered in North and South America, Africa, and ...
Pauline Legrand, Maryse Vanderplanck, Francois J. Verheggen   +2 more
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence victimization and victims' relational and sexual well-being [PDF]

, 2015
Research shows that experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV) harm victims' individual well-being. Surprisingly, little is known about how IPV might impact on victims' well-being at the relationship level.
Buysse, Ann, De Smet, Olivia, Dewitte, Marieke, Hellemans, Sabine, Loeys, Tom   +4 more
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A prospective cross-sectional study on parent – Female adolescent communication towards sexual and reproductive health issues in south west ethiopia: Parent perspective

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2023
Background: Even though female adolescents can get information regarding sexual and reproductive issues from different sources, parents are the preferred source of information for most adolescents.
Ayanos Taye, Diriba Wakjira, Gemechu Terefe, Enatfenta Sewmehone   +3 more
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Determinants of communication on sexual issues between adolescents and their parents in the Adaklu district of the Volta region, Ghana: a multinomial logistic regression analysis

Reproductive Health, 2022
Plain language summary Parent-adolescent and older sibling adolescent communication on issues about sex is considered an important aspect of adolescent development and well-being, as it ensures informed decision making and good behavior and a protective ...
Desmond Klu, Percival Agordoh, Charles Azagba, Evelyn Acquah, Phidelia Doegah, Anthony Ofosu, Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Margaret Gyapong   +7 more
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