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Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon
- View ORCID ProfileC. Helfrich-Förster1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileS. Monecke2,
- View ORCID ProfileI. Spiousas3,
- View ORCID ProfileT. Hovestadt4,
- O. Mitesser5 and
- T. A. Wehr6
- 1Neurobiology and Genetics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
- 2Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.
- 3Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 4Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biocenter, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
- 5Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
- 6Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: charlotte.foerster{at}biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
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Science Advances 27 Jan 2021:
Vol. 7, no. 5, eabe1358
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1358
Vol. 7, no. 5, eabe1358
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe1358
C. Helfrich-Förster
1Neurobiology and Genetics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
S. Monecke
2Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.
I. Spiousas
3Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
T. Hovestadt
4Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biocenter, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
O. Mitesser
5Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany.
T. A. Wehr
6Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
