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The goal of my dissertation is to clarify the evolutionary forces shaping the behavioral and hormonal profiles of male primates. I collected more than 4,000 hours of focal behavioral observation and over 700 hormonal samples on five monogamous and six polyandrous groups of wild …

Stomatopods are behaviorally complex marine crustaceans found throughout tropical and subtropical seas. In this study, stomatopods are examined at three levels: parental care behavior, population genetic structure, and mitochondrial genome organization and phylogeny. Monogamy an…

This study challenges the notion that the English word, "marriage" adequately describes relationships involving sexuality, reproduction, cohabitation, and household economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Data are drawn from marriage practices in Nigeria, principally among the Mambila bu…

Monogamy occurs in only 5% of mammalian species, but is significantly more common in the Euarchonta: primates, dermopterans, and treeshrews (15% spp.). However, many of these species do not breed monogamously, indicating the need to understand behavioral and genetic monogamy as …

Monogamy, which can be defined as sexual and emotional exclusivity to one romantic partner, has been adopted as a standard relationship characteristic by the majority of people in committed relationships within Western societies (Conley, Moors, Matsick, & Ziegler, 2013; Treas & …

This research explored the healing process for African American women who experienced infidelity in their monogamous relationship. The literature examined the journey of African American relationships from slavery and how those experiences have led to a culture with its own uniq…