Phenotypic engineering: Using hormones to explore the mechanistic and functional bases of phenotypic variation in nature

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Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-86

  Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Nolan Jr , Val ^a   Cawthorn, Michelle J ^b   Parker, Patricia G ^c   Ziegenfus, Charles ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK-EYED JUNCO; FITNESS; HORMONE; NEST PREDATION; PHENOTYPIC ENGINEERING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EMBERIZIDAE; JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 0029729636     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04314.x     Document Type: Article

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