Testosterone-induced male traits in female ruffs (Philomachus pugnax): Autosomal inheritance and gender differentiation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2323-2330

  Lank, David B ^a   Coupe, Malcolm ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation organization; Alternative strategies; Genetic models; Hormones; Polymorphism; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

HORMONE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BIRD; BODY MASS; COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; PHILOMACHUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 0033596074     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0926     Document Type: Article

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