Yolk androstenedione in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus): Uptake and sex-dependent alteration of growth and behavior

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-55

  Benowitz Fredericks, Z Morgan ^a   Hodge, Melissa ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Maternal effects; Morphology; Steroid metabolism; Tonic immobility; Yolk steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BODY GROWTH; CHICK; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC CHICK; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANDROGENS; MATERNAL EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; STEROID METABOLISM; TONIC IMMOBILITY; YOLK STEROIDS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84882710083     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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