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female mating behavior

The specific behavior of a female organism that is associated with reproduction. [GOC:dph, GOC:pr, GOC:tb]
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Social Exclusion and Female Mating Behavior: Rejected Women Show Strategic Enhancement of Short-Term Mating Interest
Because cost asymmetries in sexual reproduction have historically enabled women to exchange sexual access for other resources… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Age-related female mating decisions are condition dependent in wolf spiders
Female mating behaviors are known to be sensitive to a variety of individual factors both external and internal to a female… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Mating promiscuity and reproductive tactics in female black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) inhabiting an island on the Parana river, Argentina
In several primate species, females mate promiscuously and several adult males peacefully co‐reside in the same social group. We… 
2008
2008
Prior encounters with the opposite sex affect male and female mating behavior in a wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae)
Mate availability can vary widely in nature depending upon population density and sex ratio and can affect the ability of… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Chemistry of a Mating Plug in Bumblebees
In the bumblebee B. terrestris males transfer a mating plug into the queen's sexual tract shortly after sperm transfer. The plug… 
1999
1999
Female remating propensity contingent on sexual cannibalism in sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans: a mechanism of cryptic female choice
Male sagebrush crickets (Cyphoderris strepitans) permit females to engage in an unusual form of sexual cannibalism during… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The check is in the male: male mosquitoes affect female physiology and behavior.
  • M. Klowden
  • Journal of the American Mosquito Control…
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 922732
The accessory glands of male mosquitoes may produce substances that are transferred to females during mating and alter female… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Speciation by reinforcement: a model derived from studies of Drosophila.
Reinforcement is an increase in premating reproductive isolation between taxa resulting from selection against hybrids. We… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Decay of Female Sexual Behavior Under Parthenogenesis
A laboratory strain of Drosophila mercatorum has existed for 20 years without males and therefore without natural selection… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Suppression of the Development of Female Mating Behavior by Estrogen Administered in Infancy
The administration of estradiol benzoate subcutaneously to 4-day-old female rats resulted in reduced mating in response to… 
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