Development of sexual partner preference in the zebra finch: A socially monogamous, pair-bonding animal

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-33

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fadrozole; Sex hormones; Sexual orientation; Social experience; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN;

BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MASCULINITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; VIRILIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036484667     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014023000117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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