Elevated Testosterone Is Required for Male Sexual Behaviour and Dynamic Colour Change in Veiled Chameleons
The dependence of the male-typical sexual behaviour and colour change on the elevated androgen levels contrast sharply with earlier results on skeletal traits (body size and head-casque size), which are fully developed in castrated males, demonstrating that the ontogeny of the sex-typical phenotype involves different mechanisms in the emerging model species of chameleons.
Authors
- Lukáš Kubička (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4392-2553)
- Lukáš Kratochvíl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-729X)
- Anna Bauerová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9627-1945)
Institutions
- Charles University (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexual Development
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548930
- Primary Topic
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze
- Grantová Agentura, Univerzita Karlova
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky