Regulation of yolk-androgen concentrations by plasma prolactin in the American kestrel

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 462-471

  Sockman, Keith W ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg laying; Falco sparverius; Maternal effects; Optimal reproductive tactic; Seasonal breeding; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LABORATORY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035199595     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1715     Document Type: Article

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