Effect of increasing yolk testosterone levels on early behaviour in Japanese quail hatchlings

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-331

  Okuliarova M ^a   Skrobanek P ^b   Zeman, Michal ^a,b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Maternal hormones; Ontogeny; Quail; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 42449094197     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200776030325     Document Type: Article

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