Are yolk androgens adjusted to environmental conditions? A test in two seabirds that lay single-egg clutches

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Addison, BriAnne ^a,b   Benowitz Fredericks, Z Morgan ^c   Hipfner, J Mark ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Androstenedione; Environmental conditions; Maternal effects; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD;

EID: 47949112822     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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