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Menstrual cycle changes in mate preferences for cues associated with genetic quality: the moderating role of mate value.

Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior - 9 Jan 2013

Millar Murray

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The purpose of the study was to explore the influence of mate value and fertility status on women's implicit and explicit preferences for male traits associated with genetic quality. It was hypothesized that a woman low in mate value would experience greater fluctuation across her menstrual cycle in her preferences for characteristics associated with genetic quality than a woman high in mate value. Specifically,...

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