Polyandry (/ˈpɒliˌændri, ˌpɒliˈæn-/; from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many' and ἀνήρ (anḗr) 'man') is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or...

behavioral ecology, polyandry is a class of mating system where one female mates with several males in a breeding season. Polyandry is often compared to...

Polyandry in India refers to the practice of polyandry, whereby a woman has two or more husbands at the same time, either historically on the Indian subcontinent...

Polyandry is a marital arrangement in which a woman has several husbands. In Tibet, those husbands are often brothers; "fraternal polyandry". Concern...

Polyandry in fishes is a mating system where females mate with multiple males within one mating season. This type of mating exists in a variety of animal...

woman is married to more than one husband at the same time, it is called polyandry. In sociobiology and zoology, researchers use polygamy in a broad sense...

of the world, arranged marriage, forced marriage, polygyny marriage, polyandry marriage, group marriage, coverture marriage, child marriage, cousin marriage...

used to practice polyandry. Toda people, who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India practiced adelphic polyandry for centuries, but...

multiple spouses. Polygyny is a marriage between a man and multiple wives. Polyandry is a marriage between a woman and multiple husbands. A common expectation...

real-life instances of gender imbalance and economics resulting in fraternal polyandry and bride buying in some parts of India. It depicts a future in an Indian...

insemination increases the frequency of polyandrous events and fertilizations. Polyandry has evolved to increase reproductive success. Male mating behavior is...

relationships are permitted, although divorce is a relatively simple process. Polyandry (a woman having multiple husbands) occurs very rarely in a few isolated...

either formal or informal polyandry. The researchers found 53 communities studied between 1912 and 2010 that practiced polyandry (in which women have multiple...

from the eggs in about two weeks. Gryllus bimaculatus exhibit polygamy. Polyandry is the most common form of polygamy practiced in G. bimaculatus. This...

men." Polyandry was not regarded without censure by the society spoken of in the epic. The Vedic texts have not discriminated between polyandry and polygamy...

for females. Polyandry decreases the SR gene frequency because the non-SR male sperm outcompete the SR male sperm. Therefore, polyandry results in a decreased...

mating or reproductively motivated systems include monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, polygamy and promiscuity. Other sexual behaviour may be reproductively...

every Hindu in India was theoretically allowed to have multiple wives. Polyandry refers to a marriage where a woman is married to more than one man during...

Sororal polygyny, a marriage of two or more sisters and a man. Fraternal polyandry, a marriage of two or more brothers and one woman Genealogy of Jesus,...

beetles is a behavior common to both males and females of this species. Polyandry is thus polygamy in the female members of a population as discussed in...

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(one man having more than one wife) and not polyandry (one woman having more than one husband), as polyandry is implied to be unlawful by the Hebrew Bible's...

plant. In sociology, the term adelphogamy or adelphic polyandry may also refer to fraternal polyandry, or to an incestuous relationship between a brother...

Polygamy in India may refer to: Polygyny in India Polyandry in India This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Polygamy in India...

determine mates which are more likely to result in viable offspring. Polyandry, for instance, when a female mates with two or more males during a period...

Drosophila pseudoobscura, Drosophila melanogaster, and Drosophila neotestacea. Polyandry is a prominent mating system among Drosophila. Females mating with multiple...

taboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Bride price Bride service Dowry Parallel / cross cousins Cousin marriage...

animal species. Some species have promiscuous mating systems, ranging from polyandry and polygyny to mating systems with no stable relationships where mating...

research has showed that some strains of C. chinensis exhibit polyandry. In the study, the polyandry strain is derived from the field, while the monandry strain...

types of polyandry exist: simultaneous polyandry and sequential polyandry. An even rarer subtype called cooperative simultaneous polyandry also exists...