Testosterone and maternal effects - Integrating mechanisms and function

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 86-87

  Birkhead, Tim ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; BIRD; COPULATION; FERTILIZATION; GENDER; HEREDITY; HORMONE ACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE;

EID: 0033976646     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01803-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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