Perinatal androgens and adult behavior vary with nestling social system in siblicidal boobies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Müller, Martina S ^a   Brennecke, Julius F ^b   Porter, Elaine T ^a   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^c   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HATCHING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLEIOTROPY; PROBABILITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

SULA GRANTI; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 49249128384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002460     Document Type: Article

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