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Regulation of Breeding Season and Estrous Cycles by Light and External Stimuli in some Mammals
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1966
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Breeding BehaviorFertilityFitnessExternal StimuliSexual SelectionReproductive BiologyEstrous CyclesOptogeneticsReproduction ResponseReproductive EndocrinologyBreeding SeasonMammalogySexual ActivityPublic HealthReproductive SuccessLight RegulationEndocrinologySexual BehaviorSex DifferenceDaily Light RatioDay-light RatioBiologyAnimal ReproductionEvolutionary BiologyPhysiologyMedicineAnimal BehaviorReproductive Hormone
It seems that the sexual activity in mammals is primarily controlled by the day-light ratio, and under certain experimental conditions sexual activity is entirely dependent on the daily light ratio.