Prolactin maintains parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird
V. S. Farrar, L. Flores, R. C. Viernes, L. Ornelas Pereira, S. Mushtari, R. M. Calisi
This study examines how prolactin affects parental behaviors and gene expression in the reproductive axis of rock doves, finding it promotes parental responses but not courtship behaviors.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2021 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition