News tagged with secondary sexual characteristics
The importance of 'inner values': Female sparrows test the genetic make-up of their mates
How do females select partners? Darwin's initial idea that the fittest males would be the most desirable and would therefore be most likely to secure partners has represented a cornerstone of evolutionary theory since the ...
May 27, 2011 |
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Fish go mad for ginger gene
There may be plenty of fish in the sea but the medaka knows what it likes. A new study published in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how a single gene mutation that turns Japanese Killifish a drab ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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'Orchid children' bloom, wither in response to surroundings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UA-led study backs evidence that some children are more susceptible to adverse environmental factors than others. So-called "orchid children" bloom spectacularly in positive environments but often are at ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Study recommends that parents, physicians share decisions in sex development disorder surgery
A shared decision-making process would assist doctors and parents who are facing the extraordinarily complex, challenging and controversial choices presented when infants are born with genetic or anatomical anomalies in sexual ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Researchers examine real-time search behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Where do you go to find information online? Increasingly, people are looking to both traditional search engines and 'real-time' sites such as Facebook and Twitter for answers to questions and problems.
May 12, 2010 |
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Manes, trains and antlers explained
For Charles Darwin, the problem of the peacock's tail, in light of his theory of natural selection, was vexing in the extreme.
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Aug 21, 2008 |
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Testosterone and body fat are controlled by the same genes
Genes that control percentage of body fat are also responsible for circulating levels of testosterone in men, research published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology shows. The research shows a 23% overlap between ...
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Family conditions may affect when girls experience puberty
Early puberty in girls has been found to negatively affect these teenagers’ health in areas such as mood disorders, substance abuse, adolescent pregnancy, and cancers of the reproductive system. Given these findings, it is ...
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Girls will be girls longer when home life is stable
For many young girls, a stable family life is one key factor to avoiding a number of serious health problems. New research by researchers at The University of Arizona and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, indicates that ...
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Lift More Weights, Get More Mates: Resesarch Shows Muscular Men Have More Flings, Partners, Affairs
Women don't just like men with muscles — they go for them. Men who are more muscular than average are much more likely to have short-term affairs and multiple sex partners than their scrawnier peers, according to new UCLA ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Narwhals May Produce Signature Vocalizations for Communications
Scientists have found preliminary evidence that narwhals, Arctic whales whose spiraled tusks gave rise to the myth of the unicorn, produce signature vocalizations that may facilitate individual recognition or their reunion ...
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Sep 28, 2006 |
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