Sex-Linked Behavior: Evolution, Stability, and Variability

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 666-673

  Fine, Cordelia ^a   Dupré, John ^b   Joel, Daphna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adaptive traits; evolution; gender; sex; sex roles; variability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE TRAITS; EVOLUTION; GENDER; SEX-ROLE; VARIABILITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX ROLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85027397375     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.06.012     Document Type: Review

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