An Intergenerational Androgenic Mechanism of Female Intrasexual Competition in the Cooperatively Breeding Meerkat
December 2021
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Nature Communications
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Studysummary In studying wild meerkats, researchers observed that matriarchs with high androgen levels during late gestation exhibited increased dominance and aggression, affecting both their behavior and their offspring's aggression.
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