Sex-specific effects of maternal testosterone on lateralization in a cichlid fish

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-443

  Schaafsma, Sara M ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aequidens rivulatus; Androgen; Cerebral asymmetry; Cichlid fish; Gonadal hormone; Laterality; Maternal

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CICHLID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; TESTOSTERONE; VISION;

AEQUIDENS RIVULATUS; CICHLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856113275     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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