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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2016 Sep 9;86:27–35. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.09.002

Table 1.

Subjects form stable dominance relationships

Day 1 Day 7 Day 14
Subordinates – Total Submissive Behavior (mean ± SE) 87.6 s ± 30.49 176.8 s ± 17.02 196.7 s ± 18.31
Dominants – Total Aggressive Behavior (mean ± SE) 87.8 s ± 30.63 139.2 s ± 15.24 151 s ± 18.84

Subjects were weight-matched in resident-intruder dyads and paired daily in social encounters for 14 days. Day 1 encounters were 600 s in duration, while days 7 and 14 encounters were 300 s in duration. Dominants continuously displayed high rates of aggression throughout all 14 days, while subordinates maintained high rates of submissive behavior. n = 16 per group.