Perinatal androgens and adult behavior vary with nestling social system in siblicidal boobies.
Exposure to androgens early in development, while activating adaptive aggressive behavior, may also exert long-lasting effects on non-target components of phenotype. Here we compare these organizational effects of perinatal androgens in closely related Nazca (Sula granti) and blue-footed (S. nebouxi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2413419?pdf=render |