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Sexual Behavior

The Product of Perinatal Hormonal and Prepubertal Social Factors

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Sexual Differentiation

Part of the book series: Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology ((HBNE,volume 11))

Abstract

The diversity of sexual patterns that characterize adult members of all mammalian species is the result of influences experienced during earlier stages of development. Although there is general agreement on this assumption, the scientific community has split as to the nature of these early influences and the specific life stages during which formative effects are exerted. Basically, the issue revolves around nature versus nurture, the old battlefield destined to be revisited by every generation of scientists struggling to uncover the mysteries underlying behavioral mechanisms.

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Ward, I.L. (1992). Sexual Behavior. In: Gerall, A.A., Moltz, H., Ward, I.L. (eds) Sexual Differentiation. Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2453-7_5

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