Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat
Abstract
‘In some mammals, matriarchal status can be conferred with androgens. Here, the authors identify effects of androgens that implicate androgen-mediated aggression in female sexual selection in meerkats and intergenerational transmission of masculinised phenotypes in the evolution of meerkat cooperative breeding.’