Environment modifies the testosterone levels of a female bird and its eggs

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-163

  Schwabl, Hubert ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANARY; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; PHOTOPERIOD; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0030268126     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961001)276:2<157::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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