Potential mechanisms of avian sex manipulation

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 553-574

  Pike, Thomas W ^a   Petrie, Marion ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg yolk; Maternal condition; Maternal effect; Sex determination; Sex ratio; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

BIRD; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION; FOWL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PROGENY; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO;

AVES;

EID: 12244271221     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006146     Document Type: Review

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