The influence of androgenic steroid hormones on female aggression in 'atypical' mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  French, Jeffrey A ^a   Mustoe, Aaryn C ^a   Cavanaugh, Jon ^a   Birnie, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activational effects; Aggression; Dominance; Mammals; Organizational effects; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DIMORPHISM; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; MAMMAL; POPULATION GENETICS; STEROID;

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACTIVATIONAL EFFECTS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; CALLITRICHINAE; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYENA; HYRAX; LEMURIDAE; MALE; MAMMAL; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT;

ACTIVATIONAL EFFECTS; AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; MAMMALS; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CALLITRICHINAE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HYAENIDAE; HYRAXES; LEMUR; MALE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84886581048     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0084     Document Type: Review

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