Sentence examples for challenge hypothesis from inspiring English sources
The Markeys were looking for confirmation of a phenomenon called the challenge hypothesis.
We tested the challenge hypothesis for the hormonal regulation of aggression in chicks of the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.
This is the first report showing that the challenge hypothesis as established for adult birds, is also applicable for aggressive behavior in young birds outside the sexual context.
Most of these predictions were supported by the review of current research, although most studies were not designed to specifically test the challenge hypothesis.
This suggests that males involved in a competition will experience a rise in testosterone levels if they win, and a fall if they lose.The challenge hypothesis was first advanced to explain the mating behaviour of monogamous birds.
Research on testosterone-behavior relationships in humans is assessed in relation to a version of the challenge hypothesis, originally proposed to account for testosterone-aggression associations in monogamous birds.
Based on a iterative strategy of proteomic analysis, data interpretation and sytstematic challenges, hypothesis can be developed and modified, which will eventually lead to the generation of new knowledge.
There will always be studies that can't get repeated – that's part of the iterative nature of the scientific method of articulating and challenging hypotheses.
One of the challenged hypotheses is the monophyly of hexapods.
The current study, attempts to replicate the findings of the original study, and challenges hypotheses presenting a "one size fits all" model of HEV.
