Clitoral and penile size variability are not significantly different: Lack of evidence for the byproduct theory of the female orgasm

Evolution and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-397

  Lynch, Vincent J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIPEDALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; CLITORIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGASM; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VAGINA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CLITORIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGASM; PENIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VAGINA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47249134583     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00248.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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