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Plasticity of the Reproductive Axis Caused by Social Status Change in an African Cichlid Fish: I. Pituitary Gonadotropins

Social position in a dominance hierarchy is often tightly coupled with fertility. Consequently, an animal that can recognize and rapidly take advantage of an opportunity to rise in rank will have a reproductive advantage. Reproduction in all vertebrates is controlled by the brain-pituitary-gonad axi...

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Main Authors: Maruska, Karen P., Levavi-Sivan, Berta, Biran, Jakob, Fernald, Russell D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Endocrine Society 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219043/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068157
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2010-0875
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