Hormones as adaptive control systems in juvenile fish
J. Weidner, J. Giske, S. Eliassen, C. H. Jensen, C. Joergensen
The paper develops an evolutionary optimization model of fish growth that integrates hormonal regulation with environmental factors like food availability and predation risk, finding that optimal hormone levels vary with environmental conditions.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition