Negative effects of yolk testosterone and ticks on growth in canaries

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 553-561

  Vergauwen, Jonas ^a   Heylen, Dieter ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Müller, Wendt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CANARY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; CANARIES; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AVES; IXODIDA;

EID: 80053632173     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.704     Document Type: Article

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