Reversed sexual dimorphism in the beak of a finch

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; SEX REVERSAL; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES;

EID: 0037390188     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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