Women experience 'heat' like other mammals.

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  • Author(s): Hooper, Rowan
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 9/15/2007, Vol. 195 Issue 2621, p18-18. 1p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ESTRUS; SEXUAL instinct; SEXUAL cycle; OVULATION; MAMMAL reproduction; GENES
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the occurrence of oestrus in female mammals, which causes females to seek out genetically strong mates while they are at peak fertility. Scientists explain how this function turns on at a particular time, increasing the female attraction to males with good genes, as opposed to other times when they are more attracted to men who will be good fathers.