Top-down regression of the avian oviduct during late oviposition in a small passerine bird

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-268

  Williams, T D ^a   Ames, C E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of egg production; Maternal effect; Organ size function relationship; Oviduct; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN SIZE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION; SONGBIRDS;

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

EID: 1642464679     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00740     Document Type: Article

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