Yolk androgens as pleiotropic mediators of physiological processes: A mechanistic review

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-386

  Navara, Kristen J ^a   Mendonça, Mary T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Development; Growth; Maternal effects; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; GROWTH CURVE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES;

EID: 45849098290     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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