Females of an African cichlid fish display male-typical social dominance behavior and elevated androgens in the absence of males

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 496-503

  Renn, Suzy C P ^a   Fraser, Eleanor J ^b   Aubin Horth, Nadia ^c   Trainor, Brian C ^d   Hofmann, Hans A ^e  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Growth; Reproduction; Sex steroid hormones; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROWTH; MALE; OVARY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84859106612     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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