Abstract:
:Reproductive strategies for the human species have basically remained unaltered since Homo sapiens first appeared, probably in the valleys of Africa: males have always attempted to pass their genes to the largest feasible number of females, selecting those females capable of providing the best quality of oocytes; females invariably have sought a male capable of providing the best means of survival for herself and her offspring. This meant that human sexuality has been essentially conceptive, although it is reasonable to suppose that it began to lose this 'exclusive' connotation early in the cultural evolution of the species. Then, during the 20th century, major revolutions occurred: first, with the advent of contraception, sex without reproduction became a reality; then, with assisted reproduction technology, humans devised reproduction without sex; finally, very recently, women have begun to reproduce even in menopause. Additional strategies will, no doubt, soon be available, although we cannot as yet clearly see whether, or when, reproduction without sex and gametes, or in-vitro gestations will become available.
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Reprod Biomed Onlinejournal_title
Reproductive biomedicine onlineauthors
Benagiano Gdoi
10.1016/s1472-6483(12)60016-9keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2002-01-01 00:00:00pages
72-6eissn
1472-6483issn
1472-6491pii
S1472-6483(12)60016-9journal_volume
4 Suppl 1pub_type
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.07.024
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60192-7
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60078-8
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.04.045
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60344-6
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.01.005
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.07.019
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
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doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60499-3
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61645-8
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60984-4
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.001
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.09.013
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)62052-4
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.018
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60651-7
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Reproductive biomedicine online
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00