Primate sexuality : comparative studies of the prosimians, monkeys, apes and humans

Primate sexuality : comparative studies of the prosimians, monkeys, apes and humans / Alan F. Dixson.

"Primate Sexuality provides an authoritative and comprehensive synthesis of current research on the evolution and physiological control of sexual behaviour in the primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes, and human beings. This new edition has been fully updated and greatly expanded throughout to i...

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Main Author: Dixson, Alan F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Primates > Reproduction.
Sexual behavior in animals.
NATURE > Animals > Primates.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Primatology.
Primates > Reproduction
Sexual behavior in animals
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Table of Contents:
  • Darwin and friends
  • Primate classification and evolution
  • Mating systems
  • Mating tactics and reproductive success
  • Sexual behaviour and sexual response
  • Socio-sexual, bisexual, and homosexual behaviour
  • Sexual selection and sexually dimorphic traits
  • Sperm competition
  • Sexual selection and genitalic evolution
  • The development of sexually dimorphic behaviour
  • The ovarian cycle and sexual behaviour
  • The neuroendocrine regulation of sexual behaviour in the adult female
  • Hormones and sexual behavior in the adult male
  • Socioendocrinology and sexual behaviour
  • Human sexuality in primatological perspective.

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