News tagged with monogamous species
Birds with a nose for a difference
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Avoidance of inbreeding is evident amongst humans, and has been demonstrated in some shorebirds, mice and sand lizards. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology now report that it also occurs ...
Infidelity produces faster sperms
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg. But now a research team at Uppsala University can demonstrate that unfaithful females of the cichlid ...
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Coping and copulation behavior may help calculate diabetes risk
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Discussion of a man's background, attitude, and sexual history isn't just the fodder of Sex and The City episodes – in the future, it could also be a way of evaluating his risk of diabetes.
Faithful males do not bring flowers
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fairy-wrens are notorious for their infidelity: despite living in seemingly harmonious monogamous pairs, females produce mostly illegitimate young, and males spend more time courting other ...
Researchers create first transgenic prairie voles
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The future ...
Foxes get frisky in the far north
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Jul 17, 2007 |
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Bees do it, chimps do it… Now it seems Arctic foxes do it, too. New research looking at the DNA fingerprints of canids in the Far North has revealed that foxes once thought to be monogamous are in fact quite frisky.
Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The hormones, called androgens, are important in the development of masculine characteristics such as aggression and strength. It is also thought that prenatal androgens affect finger length during development in the womb. ...
Study: Cheetahs not monogamous
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May 31, 2007 |
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A British study found that female cheetahs in Tanzania are prone to infidelity -- having cubs with several different fathers.
Researcher finds Laysan albatross employs 'dual mommies'
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May 28, 2008 |
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What's a girl to do if there's a shortage of males and she needs help raising a family? The Laysan albatross employs a strategy called reciprocity, where unrelated females pair together and take turns raising offspring.
Groups and grumps: Study identifies 'sociality' neurons
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2006 |
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A University of California, San Diego study has for the first time identified brain cells that influence whether birds of a feather will, or will not, flock together.
Genetic diversity in honeybee colonies boosts productivity
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Jul 20, 2007 |
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Why do queen honeybees mate with dozens of males? Does their extreme promiscuity, perhaps, serve a purpose?
Wanted: a reason to divorce
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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Divorce is widespread, not only in humans, but also in socially monogamous birds like the blue tit. Behavioural ecologists Mihai Valcu and Bart Kempenaers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen ...
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