Are the phenotypic traits of hatchling lizards affected by maternal allocation of steroid hormones to the egg?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bassiana duperreyi; Lizard; Maternal effects; Reptile; Yolk steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HATCHLING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX ALLOCATION;

EID: 34548391102     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.032     Document Type: Article

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