Experimental evidence for genetic heritability of maternal hormone transfer to offspring

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 824-834

  Okuliarova, Monika ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^b   Škrobánek, Peter S ^c   Zeman, Michal ^a,c  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COTURNIX; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; EGG YOLK; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; OVUM; SELECTION, GENETIC; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 79957563258     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659996     Document Type: Article

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