The evolution of menstruation: A new mod
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Deena Emera; Roberto Romero; Günter Wagner
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Why do humans menstruate while most mammals do not? Here, we present our answer to this long‐debated question, arguing that (i) menstruation occurs as a mechanistic consequence of hormone‐induced differentiation of the endometrium (referred to as spontaneous decidualization, or SD); (ii