Once you stop using birth control pills, your hormones begin returning to their normal reproductive state, permitting conception to occur. (modernmom.com)
These findings are important for understanding the evolution of signals of female reproductive state, how they influence male and female mating strategies, and how decoupling visual signals of fecundity from ovulation may affect intersexual conflict. (sciencedaily.com)
Males targeted the orange painted females more frequently than white ones, regardless of the females» actual reproductive state. (sciencedaily.com)