Organizational effects of maternal testosterone on reproductive behavior of adult house sparrows

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1538-1548

  Partecke, Jesko ^a,b   Schwabl, Hubert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Hypothalamus pituitary gonadal axis; Individual variation; Maternal effects; Yolk hormone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HATCHING; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPARROW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVUM; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57149136732     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20676     Document Type: Article

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