Digit ratio, color polymorphism and egg testosterone in the Australian painted dragon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tobler, Michael ^a,b,c   Healey, Mo ^b,c   Olsson, Mats ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HATCHLING; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TOE;

CTENOPHORUS PICTUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COLOR; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIZARDS; OVUM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE; TOES;

EID: 79551511693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016225     Document Type: Article

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