Same-Sex Sexual Partner Preference in Hormonally and Neurologically Unmanipulated Animals

Annual Review of Sex Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 141-179

  Vasey, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animals; Development; Evolution; Sexual partner preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; CATTLE; COPULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CATTLE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0038488745     PISSN: 10532528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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