Yolk androgen deposition in rockhopper penguins, a species with reversed hatching asynchrony

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 622-628

  Poisbleau, M ^a,b   Demongin, L ^a,b   Chastel, O ^c   Eens, M ^b   Quillfeldt, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Laying date; Laying sequence; Reversed hatching asynchrony; Yolk 5 dihydrotestosterone (DHT); Yolk androstenedione (A4); Yolk testosterone (T)

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HATCHING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78651432239     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.027     Document Type: Article

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