Experimental demonstration that offspring sex ratio varies with maternal condition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 570-573

  Nager, R G ^a   Monaghan, P ^a   Griffiths, R ^a   Houston, D C ^a   Dawson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033582331     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.2.570     Document Type: Article

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