Animal homosexuality : a biosocial perspective /

"Homosexuality is an evolutionary paradox in search for a resolution, not a medical condition in search for a cure. Homosexual behavior is common among social animals, and mainly expressed within the context of a bisexual sexual orientation. Exclusive homosexuality is less common, but not uniqu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poiani, Aldo
Other Authors: Dixson, Alan F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Animal homosexuality in evolutionary perspective
  • 2. The comparative study of homosexual behaviour
  • 3. Genetics of homosexuality
  • 4. Ontogenetic processes
  • 5. The endocrine and nervous systems : a network of causality for homosexual behaviour
  • 6. Immunology and homosexuality
  • 7. Sexual segregation effects
  • 8. The social, life-history and ecological theatres of animal homosexual behaviour
  • 9. Homosexual behaviour in primates
  • 10. A biosocial model for the evolution and maintenance of homosexual behaviour in birds and mammals.