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polygyny

[ US /pəˈɫɪdʒəni/ ]
NOUN
  1. polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time

How To Use polygyny In A Sentence

  • Thus the expectations regarding the strength of sexual selection for polygyny, polyandry, and monogamy are fairly simple.
  • In the absence of inbreeding, the most extreme value of coancestry is achieved by male polygyny together with female philopatry.
  • Although Muslim law allows polygyny, economic realities mean most Brahui marriages are monogamous.
  • For the last 30 years of his life, he placed a number of bird houses in his garden and established a colony of European Starlings to study their sociobiology, especially polygyny.
  • However, polygyny itself is not a sufficient cause of suicide bombing.
  • Serial monogamy is a common marriage pattern and polygyny is practised by a few.
  • The males spawn with each female and exhibit no parental care - an extreme case of polygyny.
  • Polygyny in that group may be associated with male territoriality and defensibility of nesting resources.
  • That is, some researchers have assumed that the prevalence of patrilocality and polygyny in relation to matrilocality and polyandry, combined with the structural fact that the X is disproportionately carried in females, can explain the differences in patterns of genetic variation. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • The Malinke practice polygyny.
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