Coital behavior in dogs. 1. Preferential mating in the bitch.
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چکیده
Investigators of copulatory behaviour in lower mammals usually describe the female's sexual condition as `receptive' or 'nonreceptive' . Differing degrees of receptivity have of course been recognized and studied, but they have been treated as variations in the female's overall level of sexual responsiveness which affect her reactions to all males. Consistent differences in a particular female's readiness to mate with different masculine partners have not been reported for any infraprimate species . The purpose of the present report is to describe such differences in one group of dogs .
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Animal behaviour
دوره 15 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967