In examining the mating rituals of roundworms, researchers uncovered a unique approach to reproduction that maximizes genetic fitness. Sparks fly when a female nematode meets her mate in a Petri dish.
New research shows that variation in mating behaviors, parental care and differences in ornamentation of the sexes in bird ...
An international study of 261 bird species has found that demographic factors, particularly skewed adult sex ratios, drive differences in mating behavior, parental care, and ornamentation, rather than ...
The evolution of sex, gender, mating strategies, and social relationships are hot topics in the study of nonhuman and human behavior. 1 People from many different disciplines are weighing on these and ...
Researchers have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time. Researchers at Rice University have ...
A new study on the mating behavior of jumping bristletail (Petrobiellus akkesiensis) reports the first documented case of direct sperm transfer via genital coupling in apterygote hexapods. The study ...
Mentor: Dean M. Castillo, Ph.D. Organisms are constantly being bombarded with information that requires them to respond and make a choice. When faced with an impending decision an organism must ...
BIRD copy 39088002687713 shelved in the serials section under 'Ornithological Monographs' siris_sil_126837 ...
Sparks fly when a female nematode meets her mate in a Petri dish. Tracking him by smell, she beelines over and is pregnant within moments of physical contact. But for the hermaphroditic version of ...