Yolk testosterone stimulates growth and immunity in house finch chicks

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 550-555

  Navara, Kristen J ^a,b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Mendonça, Mary T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TESTOSTERONE;

BIRD; EGG; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NESTLING; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 33744947576     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501054     Document Type: Article

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