Polyandry: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 06, 2026
Modified link of Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Polyandry as a mediator of sexual selection before and after mating. Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Serial Monogamy as Polygyny or Polyandry? Marriage in the Tanzanian Pimbwe (PDF). Oct 15, 2025
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Polyandry as a mediator of sexual selection before and after mating. Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: CellPress - Current Biology - Polyandry. Jun 27, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The consequences of polyandry for population viability, extinction risk and conservation (PDF). Mar 08, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Polyandry Prevents Extinction. Sep 30, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Exploration into Human Polyandry: An Evolutionary Examination of the Non-Classical Cases. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalScholarship at UNLV - Polyandry around the World. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Polyandry increases offspring viability and mother productivity but does not decrease mother survival in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - An evolutionary case for polygyny to counter demographic collapse. Feb 28, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Polyandry provides reproductive and genetic benefits in colonising populations. May 10, 2018
Add new Web site: University of Manitoba - Polyandry. May 10, 2018
Added detail about where polyandry is practiced. Jan 08, 2016
Media added. Mar 05, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jul 15, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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