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Role of Androgen Receptors in birds
January 15 , 2025
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- The androgen sex hormones are responsible for male sexual development while oestrogen and progesterone essay the same roles in females.
- New studies have reported that the androgen receptors are as important for sexual development and fertility in females as in males.
- Both male and female chickens devoid of the androgen receptors turned out to be infertile.
- The bodies of roosters and male chickens have a circadian rhythm, or internal body clock, that sends strong signals for them to crow at dawn.
- The neural circuit associated with this crowing behaviour is sensitive to the presence of androgen hormones, especially testosterone.
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