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Female rule in lemurs is ancestral and hormonally mediated

Female social dominance (FSD) over males is unusual in mammals, yet characterizes most Malagasy lemurs, which represent almost 30% of all primates. Despite its prevalence in this suborder, both the evolutionary trajectory and proximate mechanism of FSD remain unclear. Potentially associated with FSD...

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Autores principales: Petty, Joseph M. A., Drea, Christine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep09631