Maternal effects due to male attractiveness affect offspring development in the zebra finch

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1595, 2006, Pages 1765-1771

  Gilbert, L ^a,b   Williamson, K A ^a   Hazon, N ^a   Graves, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg resources; Mate attractiveness; Maternal effects; Offspring development; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

EGG; FITNESS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUALITY; SURVIVAL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BREEDING; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747447009     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3520     Document Type: Article

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