Tight hormonal phenotypic integration ensures honesty of the electric signal of male and female Brachyhypopomus gauderio

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-426

  Gavassa, Sat ^a   Silva, Ana C ^b,c   Stoddard, Philip K ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Androgens; Electric fish; Gymnotiformes; Honest signaling; Hormonal integration; Sex steroids; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

11 KETOTESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS GAUDERIO; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; GONAD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARSH; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRICITY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GYMNOTIFORMES; HORMONES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80052176709     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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