Acute corticosterone treatment prior to ovulation biases offspring sex ratios towards males in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Gam, Ashley E ^a   Mendonça, Mary T ^b   Navara, Kristen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; PASSERINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE; SEX RATIO; STEROID;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 79959358478     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05251.x     Document Type: Article

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