Effect of prenatal and natal administration of testosterone on production of structurally based plumage coloration

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-332

  Siefferman, Lynn ^a   Liu, Mark ^b   Navara, Kristen J ^c   Mendonça, Mary T ^d   Hill, Geoffrey E ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MELANIN; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; TESTOSTERONE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLOR; EGG YOLK; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; COLOR; CORTICOSTERONE; EGG YOLK; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 84876957653     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670383     Document Type: Article

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