Androgens during development in a bird species with extremely sexually dimorphic growth, the brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Isaksson, C ^a   Magrath, M J L ^a,b   Groothuis, T G G ^a   Komdeur, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential allocation; Maternal effects; Sex ratio; Sexual size dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 71649090602     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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