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Exceptional endocrine profiles characterise the meerkat: sex, status, and reproductive patterns

In vertebrates, reproductive endocrine concentrations are strongly differentiated by sex, with androgen biases typifying males and estrogen biases typifying females. These sex differences can be reduced in female-dominant species; however, even the most masculinised of females have less testosterone...

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Autores principales: Davies, Charli S., Smyth, Kendra N., Greene, Lydia K., Walsh, Debbie A., Mitchell, Jessica, Clutton-Brock, Tim, Drea, Christine M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35492