Heritable variation in maternal yolk hormone transfer in a wild bird population

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Tschirren, Barbara ^a   Sendecka, Joanna ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^c   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Doligez, Blandine ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Genetic maternal effects; Genetic variation; Maternal investment; Steroids; Transgenerational plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; EGG; GENETIC VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRD;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 70349423585     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605379     Document Type: Article

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