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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"dominant female"”.
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Hormonal aspects of reproductive suppression in the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber
Subordinate, female naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus g/aber) are anovulatory as a result of extremely low luteinising hormone (LH) levels. Evidence suggests that aggression from the dominant female naked mole-rat directed towards subordinates could produce these lowered levels of LH. This study …
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Characteristics of dominance: behaviours and hormones in a facultatively social bee species (Xylocopa virginica)
… where resources are monopolized by a single dominant female. As such, we would expect that natural selection would act strongly in this species to promote traits that would make females more dominant. This thesis sets out to determine the characteristics that make female X. virginica dominant …
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Eviction Behaviour in the Kalahari Meerkats
… largely focused on the profiles of subordinate females (evictees) that make them most likely to be evicted, in this dissertation I examine eviction behaviour in detail from the dominant females’ perspective (evictor) using the Kalahari meerkats (Suricata suricatta). I focus on how eviction …
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Against the grain: the poetics of non-normative masculinity in decadent french literature
… dandy, the male witch, the submissive male, the dominant female, the illiterate male, and finally the aesthetically and sexually impotent male. By revealing the crisis of masculinity to be a self-perpetuating myth, the thesis opens up fresh ground for the appraisal and analysis of gender in …
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Algernon Charles Swinburne: the causes and effects of his Sapphic possession
… Sapphic presence in Poems and Ballads: 1, as a dominant female muse who exacts peculiar sacrifices from the poet of subjection, necrophilia, and even a form of “death” in the loss of his own personality; as a result, he is finally reduced to acting as the muse’s mouthpiece, a state akin to that …
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Relational aggression, antisocial behaviour, and psychopathy in Canadian female offenders.
Interest in the expression of female aggression, antisocial behaviour, and psychopathy has grown in recent years as a result of steadily increasing incarceration rates of women in Canada (38.6% over the past 10 years). Previous research suggests that the relational nature of female aggression, in …
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Role of Provisions and Season on Foraging and Female Dominance Behavior in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur Catta) on St. Catherine's Island
… catta) live in matriarchal groups composed of a dominant female, adult males, subadult males and females, and young. Due to their dominance, it has been suggested that female ringtailed lemurs have access to the highest quality resources and can monopolize food patches. Lemurs on St. Catherine's …
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FACTORS THAT AFFECT SOCIAL HIERARCHY AND THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL RANK AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON COCAINE SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN FEMALE CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS
… markers associated with social hierarchy in female nonhuman primates. In addition, the effect of menstrual cycle phase and social rank was examined on acquisition and maintenance of cocaine reinforcement. Chapter II was aimed at examining physiological, neurochemical, neuropharmacological and …
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Not All Leaders Are Perceived Equal: The Interaction between Leader Gender, Perceiver Gender, and Emotion Suppression on Leader Ratings
Females continue to be underrepresented in leadership despite research demonstrating that leadership effectiveness does not vary by leader gender (Paustian-Underdahl et al., 2014). The current study examines the gender bias in leadership through the lens of leadership perceptions and evaluations; …
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The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) system: a comparison between breeding and non-breeding naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber)
… rigid social hierarchy. The "queen" is the most dominant female and is the only female who breeds. All aspects of reproduction are suppressed in other females in the colony: these "subordinates" are in a prepuberty-like state as they do not ovulate or display breeding behaviours. They are, …