Commentary on “The Evolutionary Origin of Female Orgasm” by M. Pavlicev and G. Wagner, 2016, J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 326(6):326–337

Barry R. Komisaruk

doi:10.1002/jez.b.22712

Commentary on “The Evolutionary Origin of Female Orgasm” by M. Pavlicev and G. Wagner, 2016, J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 326(6):326–337

Barry R. Komisaruk

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Abstract

Evidence is presented as an alternative to the authors’ claims that in the course of evolution, a link between orgasm and ovulation has been lost in women, that evolutionary changes in clitoral anatomy underlie this loss, and that women’s orgasm plays no significant role in reproduction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	504-506
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Volume	326
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22712
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Medicine
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Developmental Biology

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