Male-female and female-female mounting in Japanese macaques: A comparative study of posture and movement

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-129

  Vasey, Paul L ^a   Foroud, Afra ^a   Duckworth, Nadine ^a   Kovacovsky, Stefani D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexual behavior; Macaques; Mounting; Movement analysis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL MOUNTING;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PAIR BOND; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33745044511     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-9007-1     Document Type: Article

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