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Tight hormonal phenotypic integration ensures honesty of the electric signal of male and female Brachyhypopomus gauderio.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Sept 2011
Gavassa Sat, Silva Ana C, Stoddard Philip K
Abstract excerpt
Hormones mediate sexually selected traits including advertisement signals. Hormonal co-regulation links the signal to other hormonally-mediated traits such that the tighter the integration, the more reliable the signal is as a predictor of those other traits. Androgen administration increases the duration of the communication signal pulse in both sexes of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio. To determine...
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