Testicular function, secondary sexual development, and social status in male mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

1992/11/01 by E.J Wickings, E. Jean Wickings, A.F Dixson +1 · 172 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · Psychology · #Anatomy #Androgen #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Captivity #Dominance (genetics) #Ecology #Endocrinology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Hormone #Internal medicine #Medicine #Primate #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Rump #Secondary sex characteristic #Sexual maturity #Testicular volume #Testosterone (patch) #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/0031-9384(92)90370-h

published in Physiology & Behavior 52(5), 909-916 (Elsevier BV)

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