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Article: Research in the area of behavior reported from University of Akron.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 21, 2009
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"Precopulatory mate guarding is a complex behavior, influenced by many social and physiological factors, representing a case of intersexual conflict. Mate guarding has often been analyzed with the aid of theoretical models," scientists in the United States report (see also Behavior).
"In these models, it is commonly predicted that mate-guarding time is influenced by encounter rates between males and females, the contenders' relative sizes, and the possible interaction among males (i.e., ''takeovers'': one guarding male displacing another). The factors influencing male and female guarding decisions have been measured in laboratory experiments but never under ...