Short winter days trigger aggression hormones differently based in males and females

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:06 in Biology & Nature

Indiana University researchers have discovered a hormonal mechanism in hamsters that connects short winter days with increased aggression in females, and that it differs from the mechanism that controls this same response in males. The work, which advances basic knowledge on the connection between certain sex hormones and aggression, could go on to advance research […]

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