Hormones and sexual differentiation of avian social behavior

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-350

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Japanese quail; Pairing; Sexual differentiation; Sexual partner preference; Social behavior; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COTURNIX; DISSOCIATION; EVOLUTION; EYE; FOWL; HORMONAL REGULATION; JAPANESE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCHES; HORMONES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 67650938458     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000216545     Document Type: Review

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