Male orangutan subadulthood: a new twist on the relationship between chronic stress and developmental arrest.

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Summary

Results indicate that developing adolescent male orangutans have a significantly higher stress hormone profile than juvenile, developmentally arrested adolescent, or adult males, implying that the arrest of secondary sexual development in some male orangs is not stress-induced, but instead perhaps an adaptation for stress avoidance during the adolescent or "subadult" period.

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2002-05-01
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Captivity, Endocrine system, Juvenile, Secondary sex characteristic, Prolactin

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