Sex-specific effects of yolk testosterone on survival, begging and growth of zebra finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1582, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Von Engelhardt, Nikolaus ^a   Carere, Claudio ^a,b   Dijkstra, Cor ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Begging; Growth; Maternal hormones; Sex allocation; Survival; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SESAME SEED OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; EGG; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FEMALE; FINCH; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; YOLK SAC;

AVES; SESAMUM INDICUM; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; YOLK SAC;

EID: 33645278712     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3274     Document Type: Article

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