These - Indiana University Bloomington
... variation patterns among different groups of speakers. Therefore, the study at hand falls within the scope of CMDA since its goals directly align with the two main theoretical assumptions, and therefore the two main goals, of CMDA. A third assumption of CMDA is related to the medium of communication ...
... variation patterns among different groups of speakers. Therefore, the study at hand falls within the scope of CMDA since its goals directly align with the two main theoretical assumptions, and therefore the two main goals, of CMDA. A third assumption of CMDA is related to the medium of communication ...
Persistent versus late Onset among Female Offenders
... behaviors and to interact well with peers, increasing a child’s chance of long-term behavioral problems (Moffitt 1993). Boys are also more likely to engage in risky or dangerous behavior due to lower behavioral controls and, therefore, are at a higher risk for head injury. Across the board, females ...
... behaviors and to interact well with peers, increasing a child’s chance of long-term behavioral problems (Moffitt 1993). Boys are also more likely to engage in risky or dangerous behavior due to lower behavioral controls and, therefore, are at a higher risk for head injury. Across the board, females ...
Testing theories of sex against the observation that sex is biparental
... The idea that consideration of biological systems that are not observed in nature can provide a deeper understanding of the systems that are observed in nature is not new. Such an approach to biology has a long tradition and is eloquently promoted by R.A. Fisher (1930, p. ix) who, on the separate is ...
... The idea that consideration of biological systems that are not observed in nature can provide a deeper understanding of the systems that are observed in nature is not new. Such an approach to biology has a long tradition and is eloquently promoted by R.A. Fisher (1930, p. ix) who, on the separate is ...
Colour ornamentation in the blue tit: quantitative genetic
... Although secondary sexual traits are commonly more developed in males than females, in many animal species females also display elaborate ornaments or weaponry. Indirect selection on correlated traits in males and/or direct sexual or social selection in females are hypothesized to drive the evolutio ...
... Although secondary sexual traits are commonly more developed in males than females, in many animal species females also display elaborate ornaments or weaponry. Indirect selection on correlated traits in males and/or direct sexual or social selection in females are hypothesized to drive the evolutio ...
How common is intersex
... The most original feature of Fausto-Sterling's book is her reluctance to classify true intersex conditions as pathological. Regarding babies born with both a penis and a vagina, she writes: "Perhaps we will come to view such children as especially blessed or lucky. It is not so farfetched to think ...
... The most original feature of Fausto-Sterling's book is her reluctance to classify true intersex conditions as pathological. Regarding babies born with both a penis and a vagina, she writes: "Perhaps we will come to view such children as especially blessed or lucky. It is not so farfetched to think ...
Parental investment, sexual selection and sex ratios
... differences between the sexes. Sometimes there are even biases in the primary sex ratio, or at least in the sex ratio at maturation. 45. A: Actually, the researchers I’ve been listening to are quite excited about this. If there’s very many males per female in the population as a whole, then many mor ...
... differences between the sexes. Sometimes there are even biases in the primary sex ratio, or at least in the sex ratio at maturation. 45. A: Actually, the researchers I’ve been listening to are quite excited about this. If there’s very many males per female in the population as a whole, then many mor ...
purging the genome with sexual selection: reducing
... genes, sexual conflict, the runaway process—may play a role in the evolution of secondary traits, the mechanisms by which preferences evolve do not directly determine the mutational consequences of sexual selection. Although we argue that in many cases the individuals with “good gene” may have highe ...
... genes, sexual conflict, the runaway process—may play a role in the evolution of secondary traits, the mechanisms by which preferences evolve do not directly determine the mutational consequences of sexual selection. Although we argue that in many cases the individuals with “good gene” may have highe ...
The Frontal Bone as a Proxy for Sex Estimation in Humans: A
... composition of a past culture, can give information about warfare, and helps develop other theories of archaeological importance. In forensic anthropology, sex estimation is extremely important in finding the identity of decedents. General differences in size and robusticity and specific morphologic ...
... composition of a past culture, can give information about warfare, and helps develop other theories of archaeological importance. In forensic anthropology, sex estimation is extremely important in finding the identity of decedents. General differences in size and robusticity and specific morphologic ...
Marital satisfaction is one of the important factors affecting women`s
... the destructive and negative effects on family welfare and couples’ sexual relationship will appear (5). It should be mention that marital satisfaction represents the strength and efficiency of family discipline. Healthy family and society are formed from conscious and healthy couples’ relationship. ...
... the destructive and negative effects on family welfare and couples’ sexual relationship will appear (5). It should be mention that marital satisfaction represents the strength and efficiency of family discipline. Healthy family and society are formed from conscious and healthy couples’ relationship. ...
Beyond the Pleistocene: Using Phylogeny and
... psychologists are primarily guided by one of the two “why” questions: the question of adaptive function. Nearly all of the major discoveries to come out of evolutionary psychology have derived from adaptationist thinking (Andrews, Gangestad, & Matthews, 2002; Buss, Haselton, Shackelford, Bleske, & W ...
... psychologists are primarily guided by one of the two “why” questions: the question of adaptive function. Nearly all of the major discoveries to come out of evolutionary psychology have derived from adaptationist thinking (Andrews, Gangestad, & Matthews, 2002; Buss, Haselton, Shackelford, Bleske, & W ...
Polyandry and sex-specific gene expression
... conforms to a lottery, where sperm are tickets and fertilizations the prize, males will not only be selected to produce more sperm, but they could also be under selection to produce more high quality sperm to ensure they successfully fertilize ova [58– 60]. This is clear from experimental evolution ...
... conforms to a lottery, where sperm are tickets and fertilizations the prize, males will not only be selected to produce more sperm, but they could also be under selection to produce more high quality sperm to ensure they successfully fertilize ova [58– 60]. This is clear from experimental evolution ...
Natural selection hampers divergence of reproductive traits in a
... evolution of reproductive traits across allopatric populations. Multivariate selection theory predicts that this would occur, for example, (i) if natural and sexual selection are antagonistic (i.e. different in sign) either for specific traits or for traits that are positively genetically correlated ...
... evolution of reproductive traits across allopatric populations. Multivariate selection theory predicts that this would occur, for example, (i) if natural and sexual selection are antagonistic (i.e. different in sign) either for specific traits or for traits that are positively genetically correlated ...
Sex Differences in the Responses of the Human
... others 2001). Consistent with this idea, neuroimaging studies have found that amygdala, which contains relatively high concentrations of sex hormone receptors, develops structurally at different rates in human males and females. Other structural differences in areas that receive strong neuronal conn ...
... others 2001). Consistent with this idea, neuroimaging studies have found that amygdala, which contains relatively high concentrations of sex hormone receptors, develops structurally at different rates in human males and females. Other structural differences in areas that receive strong neuronal conn ...
Adaptation to Sperm Competition in Humans
... 2005). A key hypothesis derived from sperm competition theory is that males will adjust the number of sperm they inseminate into a female as a function of the risk that their sperm will encounter competition from the sperm of other males. Baker and Bellis (1993) documented a negative relationship be ...
... 2005). A key hypothesis derived from sperm competition theory is that males will adjust the number of sperm they inseminate into a female as a function of the risk that their sperm will encounter competition from the sperm of other males. Baker and Bellis (1993) documented a negative relationship be ...
Testing the mate-choice hypothesis of the female orgasm
... Background: The evolution of the female orgasm in humans and its role in romantic relationships is poorly understood. Whereas the male orgasm is inherently linked to reproduction, the female orgasm is not linked to obvious reproductive or survival benefits. It also occurs less consistently during pe ...
... Background: The evolution of the female orgasm in humans and its role in romantic relationships is poorly understood. Whereas the male orgasm is inherently linked to reproduction, the female orgasm is not linked to obvious reproductive or survival benefits. It also occurs less consistently during pe ...
Persistence of the sexes in metapopulations under intense
... sexually and asexually (Bell 1982) provide a ground for understanding the adaptive significance of sex and the mechanisms retaining the sexes in populations (as Williams’s ‘balance’ argument emphasizes, the stable maintenance of sexual and asexual reproduction within a species implies that sex must ...
... sexually and asexually (Bell 1982) provide a ground for understanding the adaptive significance of sex and the mechanisms retaining the sexes in populations (as Williams’s ‘balance’ argument emphasizes, the stable maintenance of sexual and asexual reproduction within a species implies that sex must ...
Sex in an Evolutionary Perspective: Just Another Reaction Norm
... genes is more or less dependent on environmental cues (including the influence of the expression of other genes) in different organisms. These genes may also be more or less active in themselves, in a particular individual, i.e. they can be genetically variable. The hormones that are released as a r ...
... genes is more or less dependent on environmental cues (including the influence of the expression of other genes) in different organisms. These genes may also be more or less active in themselves, in a particular individual, i.e. they can be genetically variable. The hormones that are released as a r ...
TECHNOLOGIES OF DESIRE: TYPISTS
... Indeed, as Margery Davies points out, ‘the central fact of working-class life’ was that ‘most women worked because they had to’.3 Such conditions, Shiach argues, prevent an easy connection between the emancipation of women and the secretarial labour opportunities that flooded the market in the latte ...
... Indeed, as Margery Davies points out, ‘the central fact of working-class life’ was that ‘most women worked because they had to’.3 Such conditions, Shiach argues, prevent an easy connection between the emancipation of women and the secretarial labour opportunities that flooded the market in the latte ...
are African elephants sexually segregated at the habitat scale?
... coefficient of concordance was used for the analyses. The habitat and foraging preferences were firstly tested for concordance within sex, and then between the sexes. Female habitat preferences showed significant concordance across all reserves and they also exhibited strong concordance in their sum ...
... coefficient of concordance was used for the analyses. The habitat and foraging preferences were firstly tested for concordance within sex, and then between the sexes. Female habitat preferences showed significant concordance across all reserves and they also exhibited strong concordance in their sum ...
ASSOCIATION OF PRENATAL ANDROGEN EXPOSURE WITH
... mating behaviors and that these changes occur only when testosterone is administered at a maximally sensitive period during prenatal development. Masculinization due to early androgen exposure may also be displayed in humans. For example, girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) have masculin ...
... mating behaviors and that these changes occur only when testosterone is administered at a maximally sensitive period during prenatal development. Masculinization due to early androgen exposure may also be displayed in humans. For example, girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) have masculin ...
Williamson, H. (2015) Social pressures and health consequences as
... Body depilation—defined as the reduction or removal of body hair from the neck down—is not a new phenomenon. The practice of depilation for artistic, medical and cultural reasons has fluctuated throughout the ages and across civilisations (Ramsey et al, 2009). However, recent years have seen a marke ...
... Body depilation—defined as the reduction or removal of body hair from the neck down—is not a new phenomenon. The practice of depilation for artistic, medical and cultural reasons has fluctuated throughout the ages and across civilisations (Ramsey et al, 2009). However, recent years have seen a marke ...
Defining individual quality over lifetimes and selective contexts
... selection on male size. Several other species that fit this example can be found in [2]. (a) The traditional means by which researchers examine traits associated with fitness is by observing males and females within a particular context; i.e. competition for mates in a controlled setting. Multiple t ...
... selection on male size. Several other species that fit this example can be found in [2]. (a) The traditional means by which researchers examine traits associated with fitness is by observing males and females within a particular context; i.e. competition for mates in a controlled setting. Multiple t ...
Symmetry and evolution: A genomic antagonism approach. In
... flies, Musca domestica, are found to have a higher mating success.37 Across diverse species, a large literature points to meaningful connections between FA, genotypic and phenotypic quality. It has been reported that FA is negatively correlated with attractiveness in humans. 38 The ‘good genes’ mode ...
... flies, Musca domestica, are found to have a higher mating success.37 Across diverse species, a large literature points to meaningful connections between FA, genotypic and phenotypic quality. It has been reported that FA is negatively correlated with attractiveness in humans. 38 The ‘good genes’ mode ...
Female competition and aggression - Philosophical Transactions of
... females. Males are also more likely to have well-developed secondary sexual characteristics, including armaments and ornaments, for use in direct contests and competitive signalling [2,5,10]. These common sex differences can be explained with reference to post-Darwinian sexual selection theory. Male ...
... females. Males are also more likely to have well-developed secondary sexual characteristics, including armaments and ornaments, for use in direct contests and competitive signalling [2,5,10]. These common sex differences can be explained with reference to post-Darwinian sexual selection theory. Male ...