Sentence examples for strong mating from inspiring English sources
We therefore hypothesise that the more polyandrous G. bimaculatus should show less strong mating preferences and an increased probability to mate heterospecifically.
Indeed, extremely strong mating preferences were detected in a choice between the ci and SLa-transgenic (Actb-SLa GFP) medActb-SLa GFP
Moreover, Reg1 was also found to dephosphorylate Gpa1 to maintain a strong mating response in the presence of glucose (Clement et al., 2013).
Sexual selection theory predicts that strong mating preferences for males with elaborate ornaments that reflect their quality or dominance should deplete genetic variation in these traits [ 14- 17].
Here we present data from 31 cycles of 19 wild female crested macaques, a highly sexually dimorphic species with strong mating skew.
Kuester and Paul (1994) provided evidence for a strong mating inhibition between co-residing maternal relatives, including brother/sister dyads and uncle/niece dyads.
The findings "provide a whole new mechanism" by which organisms can quickly develop a strong mate preference, he says.
A pair exhibits strong mate and site fidelity once a bond is established.
This tendency towards using the same site from year to year is matched by strong mate fidelity, with birds breeding with the same partner for many years; in fact it is suggested that the two are linked, site fidelity being a means by which partnered birds could meet at the beginning of the breeding season.
Since both 7-P and 9-P have been implicated in the regulation of male copulatory behaviour [13], [14], the strong mating-dependent decrease in female 5-P may be due to the absorption of this substance by the male when he is licking the female genitalia during courtship.
