Title |
Perinatal Androgens and Adult Behavior Vary with Nestling Social System in Siblicidal Boobies
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2008
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002460 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Martina S. Müller, Julius F. Brennecke, Elaine T. Porter, Mary Ann Ottinger, David J. Anderson |
Abstract |
Exposure to androgens early in development, while activating adaptive aggressive behavior, may also exert long-lasting effects on non-target components of phenotype. Here we compare these organizational effects of perinatal androgens in closely related Nazca (Sula granti) and blue-footed (S. nebouxii) boobies that differ in neonatal social system. The older of two Nazca booby hatchlings unconditionally attacks and ejects the younger from the nest within days of hatching, while blue-footed booby neonates lack lethal aggression. Both Nazca booby chicks facultatively upregulate testosterone (T) during fights, motivating the prediction that baseline androgen levels differ between obligately siblicidal and other species. |
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