A new study of a colony of meerkats provides insights into the effects of dominance

on a male meerkat's levels of testosterone. The study showed that the dominant male
of the meerkat colony had blood levels of testosterone that were, on average, about
double those of the colony's non-dominant males. Alpha, or dominant, male dogs also
have higher levels of testosterone than non-dominant males. The study also found
that the male offspring of dominant male meerkats were born with higher
testosterone levels than male offspring of non-dominant males.