Sexually dimorphic neural phenotypes in golden-collared manakins (manacus vitellinus)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-218

  Day, Lainy B ^a   Fusani, Leonida ^c   Kim, Carol ^b   Schlinger, Barney A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcopallium; Cerebellum; Entopallium; Hippocampus; Manacus vitellinus; Manakin; Sex differences; Ventrolateral mesopallium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PASSERIFORMES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELENCEPHALON;

AVES; MANACUS VITELLINUS;

EID: 79955922470     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327046     Document Type: Article

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