Do different yolk androgens exert similar effects on the morphology or behaviour of Japanese quail hatchlings Coturnix japonica?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-265

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a,b   Schwabl, Hubert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY MASS; EGG; GAMEBIRD; INCUBATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 77954148569     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04787.x     Document Type: Article

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