Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans
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Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans
Secondary sexual traits that develop under the action of testosterone, such as masculine human male facial characteristics, have been proposed to signal the strength of the immune system due to the sex hormone's immunosuppressive action. Recent work has suggested that glucocorticoid stress hormones may also influence expression of such sexual signals due to their effects on immune function. Pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1696