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Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter?
New research using high-dimensional behavioural analyses has further undermined the “females are the more variable sex” trope that often accompanies all-male studies. But when we consider the benefits to the inclusion of females in research, their lesser variability is only the icing on the cake. It...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41684-023-01164-7 |
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description | New research using high-dimensional behavioural analyses has further undermined the “females are the more variable sex” trope that often accompanies all-male studies. But when we consider the benefits to the inclusion of females in research, their lesser variability is only the icing on the cake. It’s just good science, really. |
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spelling | pubmed-101565952023-05-05 Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? Graham, Bronwyn M. Lab Anim (NY) News & Views New research using high-dimensional behavioural analyses has further undermined the “females are the more variable sex” trope that often accompanies all-male studies. But when we consider the benefits to the inclusion of females in research, their lesser variability is only the icing on the cake. It’s just good science, really. Nature Publishing Group US 2023-04-06 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10156595/ /pubmed/37024612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41684-023-01164-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
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title | Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
title_full | Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
title_fullStr | Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
title_full_unstemmed | Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
title_short | Battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
title_sort | battle of the sexes: who is more variable, and does it really matter? |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10156595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41684-023-01164-7 |
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