Parasites, morphology, and blood characters in male Red Jungle Fowl during development

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 749-752

  Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaridia galli; Hematocrit; Immunocompetence; Ornaments; Red Jungle Fowl; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031768948     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369760     Document Type: Article

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