Shaped from an early age: Hormonal and behavioural phenotypes in juvenile male guinea pigs living in distinct social environments.

Abstract excerpt

Individuals can adjust to different social environments via shaping of endocrine and behavioural phenotypes. As the social environment can change at any time, individuals need to be able to adjust throughout their lives. Our goal was therefore to examine potential effects of different social environments on the endocrine and behavioural phenotype in male guinea pigs during juvenility, an important developmental...

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• Corticosterone
• Guinea Pigs
• Hydrocortisone
• Sexual Behavior, Animal
• Social Behavior