Tinbergen's fourth question, ontogeny: Sexual and individual differentiation

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-370

  Crews, David ^a   Groothuis, Ton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural development; Bird; Cytochrone oxidase; Individual differentiation; Lizard; Maternal androgens; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INCUBATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIZARD; ONTOGENY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31444450401     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075605774841003     Document Type: Article

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