The costs of dominance: Testosterone, cortisol and intestinal parasites in wild male chimpanzees

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Muehlenbein, Michael P ^a   Watts, David P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649781757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-21     Document Type: Article

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