The phrase "acts as a mating" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts discussing biological or mechanical processes where one entity functions in a role related to mating, but it requires additional context for clarity.
Example: "In certain species, the male's bright coloration acts as a mating signal to attract females."
Alternatives: "serves as a mating" or "functions as a mating".
After two years, they sit an oral exam on river knowledge to gain a provisional licence that enables them to take charge of a vessel carrying up to 12 passengers, or to act as a mate on a larger vessel.
A dress that acts as a human mating-call by becoming completely see through by the time you're ready to bone.
For example, a family of BSMs recently identified in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans act synergistically as a mate-attracting pheromone, but most of this activity is lost when individual components of the pheromone are separated during fractionation.
In addition, in certain mammals (other than humans), such as horses and sheep, melatonin acts as a breeding and mating cue, since it is produced in greater amounts in response to the longer nights of winter and less so during summer.
Another is that women find humor more important in behavior than men do, consistent with ideas that humor evolved differently between the sexes as a mating strategy--men act the comics and women respond by laughing at them.
This relation might be explained by the fact that high conspecific density acts as a signal of good quality habitats or of increased mating opportunities.
The SanDisk V-Mate video memory card recorder acts as a bridge between your video source and your hand-held device.
Larger, brighter ornaments reflect better health status in the bearer and are preferred by, or solicit greater visual attention from, the opposite sex, suggesting that these ornaments act as a cue to mate quality [4], [5], [45], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52].
Observable traits such as facial attractiveness can act as a cues to mate quality (genotypic and/or phenotypic); for example, facial symmetry, averageness and sexual dimorphism have all been suggested to reflect physical health and viability, which may be heritable (Penton-Voak and Perrett, 2000).
He acts as a psychologist.
