It Takes Two to Tango: Including a Female Perspective in Reproductive Biology

• Published in: Integrative and comparative biology Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 796 - 813
• Main Authors: Orr, Teri J, Burns, Mercedes, Hawkes, Kristen, Holekamp, Kay E, Hook, Kristin A, Josefson, Chloe C, Kimmitt, Abigail A, Lewis, A Kelsey, Lipshutz, Sara E, Lynch, Kathleen S, Sirot, Laura K, Stadtmauer, Daniel J, Staub, Nancy L, Wolfner, Mariana F, Hayssen, Virginia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2020

Like many scientific disciplines, the field of reproductive biology is subject to biases in terminology and research foci. For example, females are often described as coy and passive players in reproductive behaviors and are termed “promiscuous” if they engage in extra-pair copulations. Males on the...