Divergent and parallel development in volume sizes of telencephalic song nuclei in male and female zebra finches

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-456

  Nixdorf Bergweiler, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ontogeny; sexual dimorphism; song system; songbirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029961951     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961118)375:3<445::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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