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An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat
Female intrasexual competition can be intense in cooperatively breeding species, with some dominant breeders (matriarchs) limiting reproduction in subordinates via aggression, eviction or infanticide. In males, such tendencies bidirectionally link to testosterone, but in females, there has been litt...
Autores principales: | Drea, Christine M., Davies, Charli S., Greene, Lydia K., Mitchell, Jessica, Blondel, Dimitri V., Shearer, Caroline L., Feldblum, Joseph T., Dimac-Stohl, Kristin A., Smyth-Kabay, Kendra N., Clutton-Brock, Tim H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8683399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34921140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27496-x |
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