Were there evolutionary advantages to premenstrual syndrome?
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Were there evolutionary advantages to premenstrual syndrome?
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects up to 80% of women, often leading to significant personal, social and economic costs. When apparently maladaptive states are widespread, they sometimes confer a hidden advantage, or did so in our evolutionary past. We suggest that PMS had a selective advantage because it increased the chance that infertile pair bonds would dissolve, thus improving the reprodu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolutionary Applications
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1752-4571,1752-4571
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12190