Maternal effects of egg size on emu Dromaius novaehollandiae egg composition and hatchling phenotype

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 597-606

  Dzialowski, Edward M ^a   Sotherland, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Development; Dromaius novaehollandiae; Egg; Emu; Life history; Maternal effect; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROMAIIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; OVUM; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 1242322522     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00792     Document Type: Article

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