Seasonal variations of plasma testosterone among colour-morph common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis)

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• 作者：Roberto Sacchi^a ; ^{roberto.sacchi@unipv.it} ; Stefano Scali^b ; Marco Mangiacotti^b ; Marco Sannolo^c ; Marco A.L. Zuffi^d ; Fabio Pupin^e ; Augusto Gentilli^a ; Xavier Bonnet^f ; ^{bonnet@cebc.cnrs.fr}
• 关键词：Androgens ; Hormones ; Polymorphism ; Seasonal variation
• 刊名：General and Comparative Endocrinology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：240
• 期：Complete
• 页码：114-120
• 全文大小：448 K
• 卷排序：240

文摘

A lack of relationship between morphs and aggressiveness challenges the role of T. We compared T levels among white, yellow and red lizards during the mating season. Unexpectedly, mean T levels did not differ among morphs. However, seasonal T patterns differ among morphs, not mean values. Thus, T may well be a crucial hormone shaping morphs in this lizard species.