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Sexual selections : what we can and can't learn about sex from animals /

Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zuk, Marlene, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. Sex and the death of a loon
  • 2. Substitute stereotypes
  • 3. Selfless motherhood and other unnatural acts
  • 4. DNA and the meaning of marriage
  • 5. The care and management of sperm
  • 6. Sex and the scala naturae (or, worms in the gutter)
  • 7. Bonobos
  • 8. The alpha chicken
  • 9. Soccer, adaptation, and orgasms
  • 10. Scared or cellular
  • 11. That's not sex, they're just glad to see each other
  • 12. Can voles do math.