Sexual Behavior, Animal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primates. 
  • A membrane-associated progesterone-binding protein, 25-Dx, is regulated by progesterone in brain regions involved in female reproductive behaviors. 
  • A reevaluation of the concept of separable periods of organizational and activational actions of estrogens in development of brain and behavior. 
  • A striatal interneuron circuit for continuous target pursuit. 
  • Acute and chronic dosing of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on male rat sexual behavior. 
  • An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. 
  • Analyzing animal behavior via classifying each video frame using convolutional neural networks. 
  • Behavior of elk (Cervus canadensis) during the rut. 
  • Behavioral responses of sexually active mud snails: kariomones and pheromones. 
  • Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants. 
  • Brain transections differentially alter lordosis and ear wiggling of 6-day-old rats. 
  • Chromatin-based reprogramming of a courtship regulator by concurrent pheromone perception and hormone signaling. 
  • Chromosomal inversions and the reproductive isolation of species. 
  • Complex selection on a regulator of social cognition: Evidence of balancing selection, regulatory interactions and population differentiation in the prairie vole Avpr1a locus. 
  • Control of the postmating behavioral switch in Drosophila females by internal sensory neurons. 
  • Coping with a challenging environment: effects of seasonal variability and reproductive status on glucocorticoid concentrations of female baboons (Papio cynocephalus). 
  • Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. II. Genetics of species differences. 
  • Cyclic Regulation of Sensory Perception by a Female Hormone Alters Behavior. 
  • D'scent of man: a comparative survey of primate chemosignaling in relation to sex. 
  • Deficits in reproduction and pro-gonadotropin-releasing hormone processing in male Cpefat mice. 
  • Different ontogenetic patterns of testosterone production reflect divergent male reproductive strategies in chimpanzees and bonobos. 
  • Dopamine D1 receptors and phosphorylation of dopamine- and cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein-32 in the medial preoptic area are involved in experience-induced enhancement of male sexual behavior in rats. 
  • Effects of mate familiarity on the courtship and reproductive success of the ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) 
  • Effects of oxytocin receptor blockade on dyadic social behavior in monogamous and non-monogamous Eulemur. 
  • Effects of septal lesions on the courtship behavior of male ring doves (Streptopelia risoria). 
  • Effects of the distribution of female primates on the number of males. 
  • Ejaculatory abnormalities in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for heme oxygenase-2. 
  • Endocrinology of year-round reproduction in a highly seasonal habitat: environmental variability in testosterone and glucocorticoids in baboon males. 
  • Estradiol benzoate facilitates lordosis and ear wiggling of 4- to 6-day-old rats. 
  • Eulemur, me lemur: the evolution of scent-signal complexity in a primate clade. 
  • Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus. 
  • Evolutionary biology: significance of primate sexual swellings. 
  • Exposure to naturally circulating androgens during foetal life incurs direct reproductive costs in female spotted hyenas, but is prerequisite for male mating. 
  • Failure to replicate two mate preference QTLs across multiple strains of Drosophila pseudoobscura. 
  • Females' choice of "good genotypes" as mates is promoted by an insect mating system. 
  • Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Fine-scale population genetic structure in a fission-fusion society. 
  • For whom the bird sings: context-dependent gene expression. 
  • From nest to nest--influence of ecology and reproduction on the active period of adult Gombe chimpanzees. 
  • Gene flow between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. 
  • Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal. 
  • Genetic resistance to infection influences a male's sexual attractiveness and modulation of testosterone. 
  • Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. III. Life-history divergence in allopatry and reproductive isolation. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis: II. Host plants and mating status influence cuticular hydrocarbon QTL expression and G x E interactions. 
  • Highly variable sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni. 
  • Hormonal modulation of the cutaneous initiation of lordosis in infant and adult rats. 
  • Host Plant Choice Determined by Reproductive Interference between Closely Related Butterflies. 
  • Incidence and biomarkers of pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and neonatal loss during an environmental stressor: Implications for female reproductive suppression in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. 
  • Incomplete control and concessions explain mating skew in male chimpanzees. 
  • Increased expression of carbon monoxide-producing enzymes in the MPOA after sexual experience in male rats. 
  • Infanticide and social organization in the redtail monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti) in the Kibale Forest, Uganda. 
  • Influence of vitamin A injection before mating on oocyte development, follicular hormones, and ovulation in gilts fed high-energy diets. 
  • Inhibition of the ejaculatory reflex in B6D2F mice by testosterone propionate. 
  • Insect communication: Polarized light as a butterfly mating signal. 
  • Interactions of estrogen- and thyroid hormone receptors on a progesterone receptor estrogen response element (ERE) sequence: a comparison with the vitellogenin A2 consensus ERE. 
  • Intraspecific Genetic Variation for Behavioral Isolation Loci in Drosophila. 
  • Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts. 
  • Life at the top: rank and stress in wild male baboons. 
  • Lipopolysaccharide facilitates partner preference behaviors in female prairie voles. 
  • Males with a mother living in their group have higher paternity success in bonobos but not chimpanzees. 
  • Maternally inherited peptides as strain-specific chemosignals. 
  • Mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in a wild primate. 
  • Meerkat manners: Endocrine mediation of female dominance and reproductive control in a cooperative breeder. 
  • Mice with a "monoclonal nose": perturbations in an olfactory map impair odor discrimination. 
  • Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat 'queens' increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity. 
  • Nestling growth and song repertoire size in great reed warblers: evidence for song learning as an indicator mechanism in mate choice. 
  • Neural correlates of mating system diversity: oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distributions in monogamous and non-monogamous Eulemur. 
  • No evidence for learned mating discrimination in male Drosophila pseudoobscura. 
  • Of mice, birds, and men: the mouse ultrasonic song system has some features similar to humans and song-learning birds. 
  • Ovarian cycling and reproductive state shape the vaginal microbiota in wild baboons. 
  • Paternal kin discrimination in wild baboons. 
  • Pheromones exert top-down effects on visual recognition in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis. 
  • Promiscuity and the primate immune system. 
  • Quality of song learning affects female response to male bird song. 
  • Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry. 
  • Reproduction and population growth in free-ranging mantled howling monkeys. 
  • Reproductive behavior in wild baboons. 
  • Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals. 
  • Responses of mud snails from low and high imposex sites to sex pheromones. 
  • Rhesus macaques form preferences for brand logos through sex and social status based advertising. 
  • Sexual behavior and extragroup copulations in a wild population of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). 
  • Sexual fidelity trade-offs promote regulatory variation in the prairie vole brain. 
  • Sexual selection and canine dimorphism in New World monkeys. 
  • Sexually Coercive Male Chimpanzees Sire More Offspring 
  • Smelling right: the scent of male lemurs advertises genetic quality and relatedness. 
  • Smelling wrong: Hormonal contraception in lemurs alters critical female odour cues. 
  • Social Context Enhances Hormonal Modulation of Pheromone Detection in Drosophila. 
  • Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons. 
  • Song function and the evolution of female preferences: why birds sing, why brains matter. 
  • Speciation by reinforcement: a model derived from studies of Drosophila. 
  • Spotted hyaenas and the sexual spectrum: reproductive endocrinology and development. 
  • Steroids induce hypothalamic progestin receptors and facilitate female sexual behavior in neonatal rats. 
  • Testosterone induction of song in photosensitive and photorefractory male sparrows. 
  • Testosterone positively associated with both male mating effort and paternal behavior in Savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus). 
  • The evolution of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila. 
  • The evolution of vocal learning. 
  • The genetics of speciation by reinforcement. 
  • The role of ΔfosB in the medial preoptic area: Differential effects of mating and cocaine history. 
  • Theories of kin and group selection: a population genetics perspective. 
  • Typical versions of learned swamp sparrow song types are more effective signals than are less typical versions. 
  • Unveiling the secrets to her heart. 
  • Variations of light and temperature regimes and resulting effects on reproductive parameters in medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alberts, Susan C., Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society
  • Nowicki, Stephen, Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society