endogenous

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Animals form bonds through a number of chemical messengers acting in the brain to regulate social connection, such as oxytocin, vasopressin, glucocorticoids, endogenous opioids, and hormones, including androgens and estrogens.

From Salon

“If I would have had this data, I would have not submitted to any publication at that point,” says Cornell University’s Cedric Feschotte, who studies endogenous retrovirus chunks in the human genome.

From Science Magazine

First of all, an endocrine disruptor is a chemical that impacts the body's endogenous natural hormone function.

From Salon

How these viral genes became part of the human genome, and to what purposes they have become adapted, are aspects of a remarkable story that begins with the concept of human endogenous retroviruses.

From National Geographic

The endogenous development of the Chinese research landscape cannot replace the US/China contribution to Chinese high-impact research output in the foreseeable future.

From Nature