Subtle manipulation of egg sex ratio in birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^a   Stevens, David J ^a   Orr, Kate J ^a   Adam, Aileen ^a   Houston, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Molecular sexing; Sex allocation; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; INCUBATION TIME; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0242490467     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0068     Document Type: Article

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