An Intergenerational Androgenic Mechanism of Female Intrasexual Competition in the Cooperatively Breeding Meerkat

    December 2021 in “ Nature Communications ”
    Christine M. Drea, Charli S. Davies, Lydia K. Greene … Tim Clutton‐Brock
    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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