Winner and loser effects are modulated by hormonal states

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Earley, Ryan L ^a   Lu, Chung Kai ^b   Lee, I Han ^b   Wong, Stephanie C ^a   Hsu, Yuying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Animal contest; Cortisol; Information; Kryptolebias marmoratus; Oestradiol; Testosterone; Winner loser effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS;

EID: 84873509593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-6     Document Type: Article

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