Female moles evolved to have high testosterone levels, making them fiercer diggers and mothers. Female hyenas share this trait, but it means they must give birth through a male-like phallus.
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Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
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Professor and clinician in fertility medicine, Hudson Institute
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Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, St Thomas' Hospital and King's College, London; Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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