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• Gangestad, S.W., Garver-Apgar, C.E., Simpson, J.A., & Cousins, A.J. (2007). Changes in women's mate preference across the ovulatory cycle. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 151-163.
• Roberts, S.C., Gosling, L.M., Carter, V., & Petrie, M. (2008). MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275, 2715-2722.
• Wenner, M. (2008). Birth control pills affect women's taste in men. Scientific American Mind. Retrieved 1 February 2010 from: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=birth-control-pills-affect-womens-taste.

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• Gangestad, S.W., & Cousins, A.J. 92001). Adaptive design, female mate preferences, and shifts across the menstrual cycle. Annual Review of Sex Research, 12, 145-185.
• Garver-Apgar, C.E., Gangestad, S.W., & Thornhill, R. (2008). Hormonal correlates of women's mid-cycle preference for the scent of symmetry. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 223-232.
• Van Belle, S., Estrada, A., Ziegler, T.E., & Strier, K.B. (2009). Sexual behavior across ovarian cycles in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra): Male mate guarding and female mate choice. American Journal of Primatology, 71, 153-164.