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Sexual proceptivity

In rodents the most commonly studied female sexual behavior is the lordosis posture, in which the female remains immobile and concavely arches her back. Lordosis, usually in response to mounting, has been used as an index of female sexual receptivity. In addition, a variety of other measures such as elective proximity to a male have been used to index sexual proceptivity. Studies of these and related behaviors have shown that in rats ovarian secretions are essential for the expression of lordosis and can increase the expression of a variety of sociosexual behaviors (Pfaff, et al., 1994). Surgical removal of the ovary (ovariectomy) eliminates female sexual behavior in most rodents, and treatments with estrogen and progesterone can produce levels of sexual receptivity that closely resemble those seen in a gonadally-intact estrous female. [Pg.146]

Beach, F. A. (1976) Sexual attractivity, proceptivity and receptivity in female mammals. Horm. Behav. 7, 105-138. [Pg.258]

Punzo, F. and Parker, L. G. (2006) Food-deprivation affects tongue extrusions as well as attractivity and proceptivity components of sexual behavior in the lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii. Amphibia-Reptilia 27, 377-383. [Pg.365]

Sexual behavior is comprised of the three components attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity. Previous work has shown that a meadow vole s odor attractivity to the opposite sex is positively correlated with the amount of protein in the diet that it consumed. We determined whether protein content of a male vole s diet (high, medium, or low) affected proceptivity and receptivity of a female vole. The protein content of the diet of male voles did not affect female proceptivity or receptivity. These findings suggest that the protein content of a male s diet may affect a female s initial interest in a male but not whether she will mate with him. [Pg.70]

Protein content of the diet of male meadow voles had no effect on female proceptivity and receptivity. In experiment 1, female voles spent similar amounts of time self-grooming to bedding scented by males fed HP, MP, and LP diets. In experiment 2, protein content of the diet of males did not affect the sexual behavior of females. Specifically, the female s willingness to copulate and the PIL did not vary for males fed diets with different protein contents. The data do not support the hypothesis that the protein content of a male s diet affects the proceptive and receptive behaviors displayed by female conspecifics towards them. These results are not consistent with the... [Pg.74]


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