Enhanced yolk testosterone influences behavioral phenotype independent of sex in Japanese quail chicks Coturnix japonica

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Niall Daisley, Jonathan ^a,c   Bromundt, Vivien ^a   Möstl, Erich ^b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping style; Coturnix; Egg yolk; Epigenetics; Quail; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EGG YOLK; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUAIL; SEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; EGG YOLK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 12344329710     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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