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Is a sexy life a shorter life?

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Title Is a sexy life a shorter life?
Period 10 / 2008 - 09 / 2012
Status Current
Dissertation Yes
Research number OND1336206
Data Supplier NWO

Abstract

Experimentally elevated testosterone increases immediate reproductive success, suggesting that long term costs constrain testosterone. I will examine these costs within the biology of aging to increase our understanding of sexual investment and aging, using the Three-Spined Stickleback as a model.

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Supervisor Prof.dr. A.G.G. Groothuis
Doctoral/PhD student M.J.P. Simons (MSc.)

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