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Twin brothers of spotted hyenas are often attracted to the same new group:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In most mammals, males disperse to a new group after reaching sexual maturity. Dispersal often entails costs and is risky. New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group and particularly twin brothers very often disperse together and choose the same group to breed.
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Here's how brain uses nutritional state to regulate growth, age at puberty
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): Through a recent study, scientists have explained how humans have been growing taller and reaching sexual maturity earlier over the past century.
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Early puberty in girls: A growing trend
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Four years ago, a survey conducted by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists Society of India (FOGSI) found that the age at which girls attain sexual maturity in urban India has dropped.
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Pesticide exposure speeds up puberty in boys
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA]. April 2 (ANI): Chinese researchers have warned environmental exposure to pesticides that kill mosquitoes, insects and sprayed on crops, may cause boys to reach sexual maturity early at the age of nine.
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