Japanese quail selected for high plasma corticosterone response deposit high levels of corticosterone in their eggs

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1026-1031

  Hayward, Lisa S ^a   Satterlee, Daniel G ^b   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

GAMEBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; EGG YOLK; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; EGG YOLK; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SELECTION (GENETICS); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744575495     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432854     Document Type: Article

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