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Proximate perspectives on the evolution of female aggression: good for the gander, good for the goos...

Proximate perspectives on the evolution of female aggression: good for the gander, good for the goos...

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

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

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England: The Royal Society

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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2013-12, Vol.368 (1631), p.20130083-20130083

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English

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England: The Royal Society

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Female–female aggression often functions in competition over reproductive or social benefits, but the proximate mechanisms of this apparently adaptive behaviour are not well understood. The sex steroid hormone testosterone (T) and its metabolites are well-established mediators of male–male aggression, and several lines of evidence suggest that T-me...

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

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TN_cdi_istex_primary_ark_67375_V84_XNHXL717_X

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_istex_primary_ark_67375_V84_XNHXL717_X

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0962-8436

E-ISSN

1471-2970

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2013.0083

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