Proximate perspectives on the evolution of female aggression: Good for the gander, good for the goose

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Rosvall, Kimberly A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Female aggression; Individual variation; Sex differences; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORRELATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE AGGRESSION; GENETICS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; FEMALE AGGRESSION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84886580648     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0083     Document Type: Review

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