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Entries from September 2009

Hormone phenotype linked to life expectancy in badgers

September 14th, 2009 · No Comments

A recent paper by Christina Dagmar Buesching and colleagues demonstrate two different endocrinological phenotypes in  wild European badgers, Meles meles. Type 1 males lower their testosterone levels after the end of the main mating season in winter, thus presumably saving energy and maintaining good body condition and low [...]

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