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Graded-Signal Sexual Swellings as Self-Deception?

The graded signal hypothesis suggests that sexual swellings in primates represent the probability of ovulation.  Based on this model, in male philopatric species, dominant males find it most cost-effective to guard females at the height of ovulation based on the … Continue reading

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