Yolk androgens reduce offspring survival

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1451, 2000, Pages 1451-1456

  Sockman, K W ^a   Schwabl, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian brood reduction; Falco sparverius; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal androgens; Parent offspring conflict; Parental favouristism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG YOLK; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GROWTH; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE; YOLK SAC;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; SERINUS CANARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034702465     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1163     Document Type: Article

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