Maternal testosterone in the avian egg enhances postnatal growth

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-276

  Schwabl, Hubert ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

begging; canary; development; nestling; optimal reproduction; Serinus canaria; sibling competition

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANARY; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030200934     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(96)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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