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SUBMITTER: Pavitt AT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4261863 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pavitt Alyson T AT Walling Craig A CA Pemberton Josephine M JM Kruuk Loeske E B LE
Biology letters 20141101 11
Testosterone is an important hormone that has been shown to have sex-specific links to fitness in numerous species. Although testosterone concentrations vary substantially between individuals in a population, little is known about its heritable genetic basis or between-sex genetic correlations that determine its evolutionary potential. We found circulating neonatal testosterone levels to be both heritable (0.160 ± 0.064 s.e.) and correlated between the sexes (0.942 ± 0.648 s.e.) in wild red deer ...[more]