Maternally derived yolk testosterone enhances the development of the hatching muscle in the red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1456, 2000, Pages 2005-2010

  Lipar, J L ^a   Ketterson, E D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Musculus complexus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG YOLK; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0034619099     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1242     Document Type: Article

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