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Symmetry is related to sexual dimorphism in faces: data across culture and species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Many animals both display and assess multiple signals. Two prominently studied traits are symmetry and sexual dimorphism, which, for many animals, are proposed cues to heritable fitness benefits. These traits are associated with other potential benefits,
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Behavioural causes and consequences of sexual size dimorphism in an apex predator species. [PDF]
Individual differences within populations in a range of phenotypic traits are hypothesised to have important ecological and evolutionary implications. Variation in individual growth rates that result in corresponding variations in body sizes, including ...
Nyqvist, Marina J.
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Sexual dimorphism in autoimmunity [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2015 Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system attacks and destroys the organs and tissues of its own host. Autoimmunity is the third most common type of disease in the United States. Because there is no cure for autoimmunity, it is extremely important to study the mechanisms that trigger these diseases.
Kira, Rubtsova +2 more
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Sexual dimorphism in cancer [PDF]
Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 The incidence of many types of cancer arising in organs with non-reproductive functions is significantly higher in male populations than in female populations, with associated differences in survival. Occupational and/or behavioural factors are well-known underlying determinants.
Andrea Clocchiatti +3 more
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Sexual Dimorphism in Osteoclasts [PDF]
Cells, 2020 Osteoclasts are the principal mediators of bone resorption. They form through the fusion of mononuclear precursor cells under the principal influence of the cytokines macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF, aka CSF-1) and receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL, aka TNFSF11).
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Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs
eLife, 2023 Studying fossils from a mass-mortality event reveals evidence for sexual dimorphism and, unusually, equal numbers of males and females in a herd of dinosaurs.
Nizar Ibrahim +2 more
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A simple procedure for investigating differences in sexual dimorphism between populations [PDF]
, 1997 This is the author's PDF version of an book chapter published in Computing and statistics in osteoarchaeology ©1997. The paper was originally delivered at the second meeting of the Osteoarchaeological Research Group at the Institute of Archaeology ...
Lewis, Stephen J.
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The sexual dimorphism of obesity [PDF]
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2015 The NIH has recently highlighted the importance of sexual dimorphisms and has mandated inclusion of both sexes in clinical trials and basic research. In this review we highlight new and novel ways sex hormones influence body adiposity and the metabolic syndrome.
Biff F, Palmer, Deborah J, Clegg
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Sexual Dimorphism in Tilapia [PDF]
Nature, 1965 OBSERVATIONS have shown that the growth rate of males in the Tilapia genus is faster than that of the females.
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Sexual dimorphism in Hofbauer cells [PDF]
, 2021 Sexual dimorphism is defined as the existing differences between individuals of different genders in features other than gender itself. In addition to well described differences in physical traits, reproductive organs, or hormones the term also indicates
Ri, Rannya
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