Sexual dimorphisms in avian and reptilian courtship: Two systems that do not play by mammalian rules

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-27

  Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Green anole lizard; Sex difference; Steroid hormone; Testosterone; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FOWL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MAMMAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MAMMALS; NEURONS; REPTILES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032833849     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006608     Document Type: Article

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