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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Polyandry is a marital arrangement in which a woman has several husbands. In Tibet, those husbands are often brothers; "fraternal polyandry". Concern...
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(one man having more than one wife) and not polyandry (one woman having more than one husband), as polyandry is specifically outlawed by the Hebrew Bible's...
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used to practice polyandry. Toda people, who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India practiced adelphic polyandry for centuries, but...
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Polygamy in Africa (redirect from Polyandry in Africa)
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...
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House mouse (section Polyandry)
insemination increases the frequency of polyandrous events and fertilizations. Polyandry has evolved to increase reproductive success. Male mating behavior is...
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either formal or informal polyandry. The researchers found 53 communities studied between 1912 and 2010 that practiced polyandry (in which women have multiple...
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Animal sexual behaviour (section Polyandry)
mating or reproductively motivated systems include monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, polygamy and promiscuity. Other sexual behaviour may be reproductively...
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Gryllus bimaculatus (section Polyandry)
from the eggs in about two weeks. Gryllus bimaculatus exhibit polygamy. Polyandry is the most common form of polygamy practiced in G. bimaculatus. This...
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Marriage in Hinduism (section Polyandry)
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...
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plant. In sociology, the term adelphogamy or adelphic polyandry may also refer to fraternal polyandry, or to an incestuous relationship between a brother...
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Drosophila pseudoobscura (section Polyandry)
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...
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Green-veined white (section Monandry and polyandry)
from mating with another male for a certain period of time. Although polyandry benefits females of P. napi by maximizing the amount of transferred nutrients...
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Marriage Registration" as stated on the US Embassy & Consulate website. Polyandry (a woman having multiple husbands) occurs very rarely in a few isolated...
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Red flour beetle (section Polyandry)
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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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,...
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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...
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European corn borer (section Polyandry)
moths, mate with multiple males in a reproductive strategy known as polyandry. Polyandry confers several benefits to the females. For example, multiple matings...
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Drosophila (section Polyandry)
Drosophila pseudoobscura, Drosophila melanogaster, and Drosophila neotestacea. Polyandry is a prominent mating system among Drosophila. Females mating with multiple...
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taboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Bride price Bride service Dowry Parallel / cross cousins Cousin marriage...
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taboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Bride price Bride service Dowry Parallel / cross cousins Cousin marriage...
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Dowry system Family planning Joint family Infertility Nuclear family Polyandry Polygyny Children Abortion Child labour Child marriage Child prostitution...
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mother Grandparent Sibling Cousin By marriage Spouse Husband Wife Open marriage Polygamy Polyandry Polygyny Group marriage Mixed-orientation Partner(s)...
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mother Grandparent Sibling Cousin By marriage Spouse Husband Wife Open marriage Polygamy Polyandry Polygyny Group marriage Mixed-orientation Partner(s)...
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