Article
Distinct inflammatory and transcriptomic profiles in dominant versus subordinate males in mouse social hierarchies
2021-09-06
Abstract excerpt
Social status is a critical factor determining health outcomes in human and nonhuman social species. In social hierarchies with reproductive skew, individuals compete to monopolize resources and increase mating opportunities. This can come at a significant energetic cost leading to trade-offs between different physiological systems. Particularly, changes in energetic investment in the immune system can have signif...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b33b9205-aea1-5d94-8d60-21377410adaa
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.09.04.458987
