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Gonads and the evolution of hormonal phenotypes.
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Aug 2016
Rosvall Kimberly A, Bergeon Burns Christine M, Jayaratna Sonya P, Dossey Emma K, Ketterson Ellen D
Abstract excerpt
Hormones are dynamic signaling molecules that influence gene activity and phenotype, and they are thus thought to play a central role in phenotypic evolution. In vertebrates, many fitness-related traits are mediated by the hormone testosterone (T), but the mechanisms by which T levels evolve are unclear. Here, we summarize a series of studies that advance our understanding of these mechanisms by comparing males...
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