Oxána Bánszegi

Dr. Oxána Bánszegi

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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 April 2016 in Animal Cognition
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Oxána Bánszegi
AUAndrea Urrutia
Andrea Urrutia
PSPéter Szenczi
Péter Szenczi
RHRobyn Hudson
Robyn Hudson

7 September 2009 in Physiology & Behavior
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Oxána Bánszegi
VAVilmos Altbäcker
Vilmos Altbäcker
ÁBÁgnes Bilkó
Ágnes Bilkó

1 March 2012 in Physiology & Behavior
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Oxána Bánszegi
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Péter Szenczi
KDKriszta Dombay
Kriszta Dombay
ÁBÁgnes Bilkó
Ágnes Bilkó
VAVilmos Altbäcker
Vilmos Altbäcker

3 March 2016 in Developmental Psychobiology
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Péter Szenczi
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Oxána Bánszegi
AUAndrea Urrutia
Andrea Urrutia
TFTamás Faragó
Tamás Faragó
RHRobyn Hudson
Robyn Hudson

9 November 2012 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Oxána Bánszegi
VAV. Altbäcker
V. Altbäcker

19 September 2013 in PLOS ONE
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Oxána Bánszegi
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Zita Groó
VAVilmos Altbäcker
Vilmos Altbäcker
The Trivers – Willard hypothesis (1973) suggests that the maternal condition may affect the female's litter size and sex ratio. Since then other factors had been found. Previous findings revealed in the case of some mammalian species, that females with larger anogenital distance have smaller litters, while the sex ratio is male-biased. That has only been demonstrated in laboratory animals, while the genetic diversity of a wild population could mask the phenomenon seen in laboratory colonies. We examined the connection between morphological traits (weight and anogenital distance) and the reproductive capacity of two wild mice species, the house mouse and the mound-building mice. We showed in both species that anogenital distance and body weight correlated positively in pre-pubertal females, but not in adults. Neither the house mouse nor the mound-building mouse mothers' weight had effect on their litter's size and sex ratio. Otherwise connection was found between the mothers' anogenital distance and their litters' sex ratio in both species. The results revealed that females with larger anogenital distance delivered male biased litter in both species. The bias occurred as while the number of female pups remained the same; mothers with large anogenital distance delivered more male pups compared to the mothers with small anogenital distance. We concluded that a female's prenatal life affects her reproductive success more than previously anticipated.