Consequences of maternal yolk testosterone for offspring development and survival: Experimental test in a lizard

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 544-551

  Uller, T ^a   Astheimer, L ^a   Olsson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenophorus fordi; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Reptile; Yolk hormones

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; CTENOPHORUS FORDI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34249108854     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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