Experimental evidence that corticosterone affects offspring sex ratios in quail

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1590, 2006, Pages 1093-1098

  Pike, Thomas W ^a,b   Petrie, Marion ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coturnix coturnix japonica; Hormones; Maternal effects; Mechanism; Primary sex ratio manipulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; METYRAPONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAMEBIRD; HORMONE; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEX RATIO; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COTURNIX; EGG LAYING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUAIL; SEX RATIO; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG IMPLANT; FECES; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; QUAIL; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33746751030     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3422     Document Type: Article

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