Different ontogenetic patterns of testosterone production reflect divergent male reproductive strategies in chimpanzees and bonobos

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 116-117, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Wobber, Victoria ^a   Hare, Brian ^b   Lipson, Susan ^a   Wrangham, Richard ^a   Ellison, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Life history; Radioimmunoassay; Reproduction; Saliva; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; INFANCY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PAN PANISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

EID: 84876424230     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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