Sexual Behavior, Animal

"Sexual Behavior, Animal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Sexual activities of animals.

Descriptor ID	D012726
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.113.252.748
Concept/Terms	Sexual Behavior, Animal Sexual Behavior, Animal Animal Sexual Behavior Animal Sexual Behaviors Sexual Behaviors, Animal Sex Behavior, Animal Animal Sex Behavior Animal Sex Behaviors Sex Behaviors, Animal Mating Behavior, Animal Mating Behavior, Animal Animal Mating Behavior Animal Mating Behaviors Mating Behaviors, Animal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Behavior, Animal".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Behavior, Animal [F01.145.113]
Consummatory Behavior [F01.145.113.252]
Sexual Behavior, Animal [F01.145.113.252.748]

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Bar chart showing 42 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2007 and 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	1	0	1
2004	0	3	3
2006	1	0	1
2007	4	1	5
2008	1	0	1
2009	3	0	3
2010	4	0	4
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	3	5
2013	1	1	2
2015	2	0	2
2017	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	2	0	2
2021	1	1	2
2024	1	0	1
2025	2	0	2

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Abbas S, Alam A, Abbas M, Ahmad B, Xiao F, Khan KA, Ghramh HA, Ali J, Burroni NE, Schilthuizen M, Romano D, Li Q, Chen RZ. Lateralized differences in ultrasonic courtship songs and their impact on reproductive strategies in Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Pest Manag Sci. 2026 Jan; 82(1):511-529.

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Abbas S, Alam A, Ahmad B, Abbas M, Feng X, Huang J, Khan KA, Ghramh HA, Muhammad S, Ali J, Schilthuizen M, Romano D, Chen RZ. Lateralized courtship behavior in Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): influence of gender, sexual experience, and its effects on mating success. Environ Entomol. 2025 Jun 18; 54(3):442-453.

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Abbas S, Alam A, Abbas M, Abbas A, Ali J, Schilthuizen M, Romano D, Zhao CR. Lateralised courtship behaviour and its impact on mating success in Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Bull Entomol Res. 2024 Jun; 114(3):374-382.

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S?nchez-Gonz?lez L, Adams LE, Saavedra R, Little EM, Medina NA, Major CG, Bruck M, Miranda J, Rosado-Santiago C, Ryff K, Ortiz M, Brown G, Barrera R, P?rez-Guerra CL, Rivera-Amill V, Paz-Bailey G. Assessment of community support for Wolbachia-mediated population suppression as a control method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a community cohort in Puerto Rico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 12; 15(12):e0009966.

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Ortiz RJ, Wagler AE, Yee JR, Kulkarni PP, Cai X, Ferris CF, Cushing BS. Functional Connectivity Differences Between Two Culturally Distinct Prairie Vole Populations: Insights Into the Prosocial Network. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2022 06; 7(6):576-587.

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Mohandass A, Krishnan V, Gribkova ED, Asuthkar S, Baskaran P, Nersesyan Y, Hussain Z, Wise LM, George RE, Stokes N, Alexander BM, Cohen AM, Pavlov EV, Llano DA, Zhu MX, Thyagarajan B, Zakharian E. TRPM8 as the rapid testosterone signaling receptor: Implications in the regulation of dimorphic sexual and social behaviors. FASEB J. 2020 08; 34(8):10887-10906.

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Louder MIM, Lafayette M, Louder AA, Uy FMK, Balakrishnan CN, Yasukawa K, Hauber ME. Shared transcriptional responses to con- and heterospecific behavioral antagonists in a wild songbird. Sci Rep. 2020 03 05; 10(1):4092.

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Hodgdon EA, Hallett RH, Wallin KF, Stratton CA, Chen YH. Racemic Pheromone Blends Disrupt Mate Location in the Invasive Swede Midge, Contarinia nasturtii. J Chem Ecol. 2019 Jul; 45(7):549-558.

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Lee N, Schrode KM, Bee MA. Nonlinear processing of a multicomponent communication signal by combination-sensitive neurons in the anuran inferior colliculus. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2017 Sep; 203(9):749-772.

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Miranda RA, Searcy BT, Propper CR. Arginine vasotocin induces calling behavior with a female social stimulus and interacts with gonadotropins to affect sexual behaviors in male Xenopus tropicalis. Physiol Behav. 2015 Nov 01; 151:72-80.

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