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Faces of men with high serum testosterone are less attractive for women during the fertility phase of the menstrual cycle

2021-07-23

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The attractiveness of the human face plays an essential role in mating as it may signal the genetic suitability of a mate. The controversial ‘ovulatory shift hypothesis’ postulates that women in the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle would prefer faces of masculine men with high testosterone that signals ‘good genes’, whereas in the non-fertile phase they prefer traits signaling the willingness to provide parent...

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Literature Corpus work: 230e05f1-8f46-5956-bd18-1c821ec64844
DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.22.453412

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