Digit ratio varies with sex, egg order and strength of mate preference in zebra finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1536, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Burley, Nancy Tyler ^a   Foster, Valerie Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Mate choice; Sexual antagonism; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

LAYING DATE; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STEROID;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; OUTBREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1042302715     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2562     Document Type: Article

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