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Frontiers in Neurology, 2015 Background: Adult onset isolated focal dystonia presenting in early adult life is more frequent in men whereas in middle age it is female predominant.
John S. Butler +19 more
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Sexual Dimorphism in Stature (SDS), jealousy and mate retention [PDF]
, 2010 Previous research has investigated the manner in which absolute height impacts on jealousy and mate retention. Although relative height is also important, little information exists about the potential influence of sexual dimorphism in stature (SDS ...
Brewer, Gayle, Riley, C
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Sex as a biological variable (SABV) is a critical determinant of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicity in nonclinical studies. This review highlights how inappropriate neglect of sex differences compromises animal welfare, scientific reproducibility, and regulatory compliance.
Kenta Onuma +2 more
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Sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in chickens divergently selected for 8-week body weight
Frontiers in PhysiologyThere is a dearth of literature on the genetics of sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in meat-type chickens given its biological and economic relevance. Herein, we report the sexual dimorphism for 4- and 8-week body weights in White Plymouth Rock
Paul B. Siegel, Christa F. Honaker
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Sex‐Specific Genetic Architecture of ALS: Evidence of a Female Protective Effect?
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shows sex differences in incidence and age of onset, yet the underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methods We investigated sex‐specific genetic architecture in an Italian ALS cohort with whole‐genome sequencing (1,333 ALS cases, 755 controls).
Maurizio Grassano +20 more
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A morphometrical study on the skull of Padovana chicken [PDF]
, 2017 A trial was carried out to study the head and skull characteristics in a crested chicken breed with cerebral hernia located in a frontal bony protuberance, an uncrested chicken hybrid strain and their relative crosses.
Rizzi, Chiara, Verdiglione, Rina
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Sexual dimorphism in campylobacteriosis
Epidemiology and Infection, 2007 SUMMARYSexual dimorphism in infectious diseases whereby disease incidence is more prevalent in one gender has been reported repeatedly in the scientific literature. Both behavioural and physiological differences have been suggested as a cause of this gender bias but there is a paucity of data to support either of these viewpoints.
N J C, Strachan +5 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The oval window (OW) is an opening connecting the inner and middle ear. Its area has been shown to consistently scale with body mass (BM) in primates, and has been used alongside semi‐circular canal (SCC) size to differentiate Homo sapiens and fossil hominins, including Paranthropus robustus.
Ruy Fernandez, José Braga
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A new genus of Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) [PDF]
, 2011 Neoma, a new genus of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Macrotomini) is described for Mallodonopsis corrosus Bates, 1879, compared to related genera (Aplagiognathus Thomson, 1861; Archodontes Lameere, 1903; and Mallodonopsis Thomson ...
Santos-Silva, Antonio +2 more
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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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