Hormone levels of male African striped mice change as they switch between alternative reproductive tactics

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 676-680

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   Yuen, Chi Hang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Helper; Paternal care; Social flexibility

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MURINAE; PROLACTIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80555149341     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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