Domestication is an evolutionary process during which the biobehavioural profile
(comprising eg social and emotional behaviour, cognitive abilities, as well as hormonal …

1. Classic evolutionary models interpret ageing as a cost of reproduction, but evolutionary
research has thus far largely neglected the conceptual links between the evolution of ageing …

In vertebrates, sexual differentiation of the reproductive system and brain is tightly
orchestrated by organizational and activational effects of endogenous hormones. In …

Comparative studies of species differences and similarities in the regulation of courtship
behavior afford an understanding of evolutionary pressures and constraints shaping …

Interactions among reproductive season, testosterone (T) and female presence were
investigated on the structure and function of forebrain and neuromuscular systems …

The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is protected in several states due to its
apparently declining numbers; information on its physiology is therefore of interest from both …

Revealing the mechanisms underlying experience‐dependent plasticity is a hallmark of
behavioral neuroscience. While the study of social behavior has focused primarily on the …

Expression of the immediate early gene, c-fos, was used to investigate changes in neuronal
activity in forebrain regions involved in male sexual behavior following social, hormonal …

Cnemidophorus whiptail lizards offer a unique opportunity to study behavioral and neural
evolution because unlike most genera, ancestral and descendant species are still extant …

The evolution of neuroendocrine mechanisms governing sex‐typical behaviour is poorly
understood. An outstanding animal model is the whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus) because …