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Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks

Bucknell UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9265-3169Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Disentangling bidirectional relationships between glucocorticoids and behavior: Experimentally elevated corticosterone levels correlate with rapid, sex-specific changes in food-acquisition behaviors of food-limited seabird chicks

Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks, Alexis Will, Sierra N. Pete, Stephanie Walsh, Shannon Whelan, Alexander S. Kitaysky

The paper examines how corticosterone levels influence and are influenced by food-acquisition behaviors in seabird chicks, finding sex-specific and context-dependent relationships.

Hormones and Behavior · Mar 14, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Prenatal aromatase inhibition alters postnatal immune function in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus)

Jeffrey W. Simkins, A.E. Joseph, Frances Bonier, Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks

This study investigates whether prenatal testosterone exposure affects immune function in chickens via aromatase-mediated conversion to estradiol, finding that inhibiting aromatase increases immune indicators.

General and Comparative Endocrinology · Apr 29, 2020Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology