Shunyu Yao

Coordinated endocrine, metabolomic, feeding, behavioral, and gut microbiome changes and exploratory within-individual associations during musk secretion in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)

Male forest musk deer undergo a seasonal musk secretion period accompanied by pronounced physiological and behavioral changes. However, whether endocrine and metabolic remodeling, feeding-related changes, and gut microbiome variation occur together within individuals during this...