Parthenogenesis in a passerine bird, the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata

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Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-199

  Schut, E ^a,b   Hemmings, N ^a   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abortive development; Irregular cell nuclei; Parthenogenetic development; Passerine

Indexed keywords

PARTHENOGENESIS; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 37849043601     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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