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sociosexual behavior

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sociosexual behavior
pertaining to sexual relationships between animals in groups; behavior such as dominance of one bull over another can have very important effects on the offspring of the groups of cows run with a group of bulls.


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Contrary to expectations, however, bisexual women reported engaging in more unrestricted sociosexual behavior than did either heterosexual women or lesbians.
In particular, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and many heavy metals such as arsenic, cobalt, and mercury in the organic form appear to impair growth, development, and sociosexual behavior in vertebrates (Beauvais et al.
The great apes share a high degree of genetic relatedness to humans, and their sociosexual behavior may provide important insights into human sexual behavior.
 
 
 
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