Sexual promiscuity & self-control: A behavior genetic explanation to an evolutionary question |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California;2. Division of Urology, London Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Can-Am HIFU, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. Department of Surgery, Center for Prostate Cancer Disease Research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Medical Military Center, Bethesda, Maryland;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China;2. Department of Reproduction, Southern Medical University Affiliate Dongguan People''s Hospital, Dongguan, China;3. Department of Urology, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China |
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Abstract: | Within separate academic disciplines there exist two consistent findings that have emerged. Behavior geneticists, on one hand, continue to uncover moderate to high heritability estimates for virtually every human trait measurable. Evolutionary psychologists, on the other hand, have thoroughly documented species-wide universality in various human traits, suggesting that natural (or sexual) selection may have directly favored such outcomes. The goal of the current study, then, is to explore ways in which these lines of inquiry can be united via the use of behavior genetic methodologies coupled with evolutionary thought. Additionally, we attempt to unite our findings in a framework that can both account for the existence of heritable individual differences, while also understanding the importance of species-wide characteristics. |
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Keywords: | Sexual Promiscuity Self-control Behavior genetic Evolution |
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