Juvenile Rank Can Predict Male-Typical Adult Mating Behavior in Female Sheep Treated Prenatally with Testosterone

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Roberts, Eila K ^a   Flak, Jonathan N ^a   Ye, Wen ^a   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^a,b   Lee, Theresa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Copulation displacement; Early development; Female sexual function; Hierarchy; Male sexual function; Rank; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE; VIRILISM;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 65249154256     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073429     Document Type: Article

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