Transient genital abnormalities in striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 626-632

  Wagner, Aaron P ^a   Frank, Laurence G ^b   Creel, Scott ^a   Coscia, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgenization; Feminization; Genital development; Hyaena hyaena; Hyena; Masculinization; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; FEMINIZATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIRILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HYAENIDAE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE; VIRILISM;

EID: 34248646556     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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