Maternal yolk testosterone in canary eggs: Toward a better understanding of mechanisms and function

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 493-500

  Müller, Wendt ^a   Boonen, Sofie ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Begging behavior; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effects; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES;

EID: 77951095112     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq010     Document Type: Article

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