Juvenile hormone levels are increased in winners of cockroach fights

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 521-527

  Kou, Rong ^a   Chou, Szu Ying ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b   Yang, Rou Ling ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge hypothesis; Juvenile hormone; Lobster cockroach; Nauphoeta cinerea

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERTEBRATE;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; HEMOLYMPH; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; POSTURE; SESQUITERPENES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 49849100554     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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