Shaking the myth: body mass, aggression, steroid hormones, and social dominance
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F15%3A00448305" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/15:00448305 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.033" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.033</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.033" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.033</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Shaking the myth: body mass, aggression, steroid hormones, and social dominance
Original language description
In social mammals, the position of a male in the group?s hierarchy strongly affects his reproductive success. Since a high social rank is often gained through competition with other males, selection should favour bigger males over smaller ones. We may therefore predict faster growth and/or delayed sexual maturity in dominant males. Likewise, dominants should have higher levels of testosterone, hormone important in many aspects of male dominance. Less obvious is the relationship between dominance and levels of corticosterone but generally higher concentrations are expected in subordinate individuals. We studied body growth, sexual maturation and endocrinal changes in males of two house mouse subspecies, raised in fraternal pairs. Since Mus musculus domesticus is the subspecies which dominates mutual encounters with M. m. musculus we predicted higher growth rate, delayed puberty and aggression, and higher testosterone and corticosterone levels in domesticus males compared to musculus. In
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
General and Comparative Endocrinology
ISSN
0016-6480
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
223
Issue of the periodical within the volume
November
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
16-26
UT code for WoS article
000366438300003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84944253932