monogamy

On Popular Demand, Monogamy Rules The Roost!

A global survey targeted to comprehend sexual behaviors of human beings has found that concerns over the rise in pre-marital sex in the present day are unfounded.// Monogamy is still held in esteem and very much in demand. The results of this survey are published in The Lancet. The research h...

Germicide Might Guard Against HIV Infection

...d of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Minnesota. Currently, the most practical ways to prevent HIV transmission are abstinence, monogamy with an uninfected partner and protected sex. Researchers have spent years trying to develop another option: a gel that women, and perhaps men, could ...

'The Polyamory Handbook': New Guide Covers Entire Spectrum of Rapidly Growing Relationship Style

... EUGENE, Ore., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In a society that hails monogamy as the tried and true form for romantic relationships, many are surprised to find that there is a large group of people who practice polyamory, taking...

Will Congress Do More for HIV Prevention?

...programs spending less than 50% of funding for prevention of sexual transmission on "behavior change" -- defined as abstinence, delay of sexual debut, monogamy and fidelity -- must justify their strategies in reports to Congress. * Every individual needs a range of education and services to be able to pro...

Zoologists: Lusty voles, mindless of danger, mate like rabbits

...hey mate for life and are relatively easy to study, the mouse-like creatures have been the subject of much research by scientists probing questions of monogamy and sexual faithfulness among mammals. Steve Phelps, an assistant professor of zoology and one of the papers three authors, said many male voles pi...

Sexual Behavior is inclined towards monogamy, reveals survey

...ch has sought to understand sexual behaviors has revealed, the abiding worries about the rise in pre-marital sex //in the present day are baseless and monogamy is still very popular and sacrosanct. The results of this survey are published in The Lancet. The research has collated information from 59 coun...

Demand for More Widespread Use of HPV Vaccine

...in any population.’ Research authors said, ‘Preventive measures do not always lead to high-risk behavior. It is naive to think that abstinence and monogamy will eradicate the morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer as suggested by some conservative organizations. Society needs to emphasize the benefits...

Multiple infectious disease strains can coexist

...on strains to have a long infectious period." Eames and Keeling focused their study on sexually transmitted infections, where the assumption of monogamy is most applicable, but stress that their conclusions may have wider relevance. "There are implications for all sorts of other infections too,"...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

...or other microbicides, applied in cream form to the vagina or rectum could// save the lives of several women who are not able to protect themselves by monogamy or by using condoms. Researchers are investigating around 60 potential microbicides that thwart HIV in a variety of ways. Carraguard, a microbici...

monogamy in Biological News

The more promiscuous the female, the speedier the sperm

...on for reproduction influences the sperm of many species of African cichlids. These fish have extremely diverse mating behaviours, ranging from strict monogamy to species where females mate with many males in quick succession. "In promiscuous species we found that males produced larger and faster sperm th...

Coping and copulation behavior may help calculate diabetes risk

...a link between stress hormone levels and monogamy, the UC Irvine group propose that superior stress tolerance and blood sugar regulation is related to monogamy in these mice. Their work not only supports the study of mice with a more natural genetic background, but also points to the importance of considerin...

Human behavior changes the number of strains of infectious diseases

...re on strains to have a long infectious period." Eames and Keeling focused their study on sexually transmitted infections, where the assumption of monogamy is most applicable, but stress that their conclusions may have wider relevance. "There are implications for all sorts of other infections too," Ea...

DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity

...rs. Not only is this study the first to confirm monogamy in eagles, more importantly, it also is the first ...tance in which DNA fingerprinting uncovers genetic monogamy in a bird population," DeWoody said. Unlike the...s study provides the first genetic confirmation of monogamy in at least one species, DeWoody said. "It's ve...

monogamy in Biological Dictionary

Mating system

... to the way in which individuals mate. Subcategories ... Pages in category " Mating systems " The following 9 pages are in this category, out ... monogamy is the most common avian mating system ... Ecological Factors in Sandpiper Mating System . • Adult sex ratio biased towards males ... ''Shus...