Female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) mated with males that harassed them are unlikely to lay fertilized eggs

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Persaud, Kamini N ^a,b   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33646457279     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.4.440     Document Type: Article

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