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sexual
(redirected from sexual receptivity)

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sexual
(of reproduction) characterized by the union of male and female gametes


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That conclusion challenges the longstanding view that infanticide in chimps and other primate species mainly involves males trying to jump-start the sexual receptivity of infants' mothers.
Again, she relies on data that suggest a direct link between orgasm during intercourse and reproductive success instead of considering the possibility that orgasm during any sexual activity reinforces female sexual receptivity to sexual interactions with a male partner, which may lead to more frequent PVI and a greater likelihood of conception.
The females were ovariectomized control adult Sprague-Dawley rats in which sexual receptivity had been induced by subcutaneous injection of 120 [micro]g/kg estradiol benzoate (Sigma Chemical Co.
 
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