Mating Preference, Animal
"Mating Preference, Animal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The selection or choice of sexual partner in animals. Often this reproductive preference is based on traits in the potential mate, such as coloration, size, or behavioral boldness. If the chosen ones are genetically different from the rejected ones, then NATURAL SELECTION is occurring.
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D052586
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.252.748.300
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mating Preference, Animal" by people in Profiles.
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DeSantis DL, Wagler AE, Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD. Effects of human-made resource hotspots on seasonal spatial strategies by a desert pitviper. Sci Rep. 2019 11 13; 9(1):16690.
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Furin CG, von Hippel FA, Bell MA. Partial reproductive isolation of a recently derived resident-freshwater population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from its putative anadromous ancestor. Evolution. 2012 Oct; 66(10):3277-86.
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Barreto-Estrada JL, Parrilla-Carrero J, Jorge JC. Exposure to an anabolic steroid changes female mice's sexual responses according to sex partner. J Sex Med. 2007 Jul; 4(4 Pt 1):878-85.