Exposure to naturally circulating androgens during foetal life incurs direct reproductive costs in female spotted hyenas, but is prerequisite for male mating

Hungarian Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 191, 2008, Pages 1981-1987

  Drea, C M ^a,b   Place, N J ^a   Weldele, M L ^a   Coscia, E M ^a   Licht, P ^a   Glickman, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Masculinization; Reproductive success; Sexual differentiation; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049434952     PISSN: 00285390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2109     Document Type: Article

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