期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
卷 28, 期 1, 页码 1-7出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9110-8
关键词
Macaca mulatta; primate; secondary sexual color; sex skin
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Researchers have long considered the color of female sexual skin to play a role in. attracting or inciting competition among males, or both; however, females may also use color in intrasexual communication. To assess this possibility, we examined whether variation in same-sex sexual skin color is salient to female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). We exposed adult females to computerized images of conspecific female faces and hindquarters manipulated for color (red vs. non-red), within the natural range of color variation. Females visually attended more to both reddened faces and hindquarters over the non-red counterparts. We conclude that female color might be biologically meaningful to other females.
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