Within clutch co-variation of egg mass and sex in the black-headed gull

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 661-668

  Muller W ^a,b   Groothuis, T G G ^a   Eising, C M ^a   Daan, S ^a   Dijkstra, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Egg mass; Egg quality; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effects; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; EGG SIZE; EVOLUTION; SEX RATIO;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

AVES; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 18544374501     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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