Maternal effects in quail and zebra finches: Behavior and hormones

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-41

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a   Banerjee, Sunayana B ^b   Correa, Stephanie M ^c   Schweitzer, Cécile ^d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Glucocorticoid receptors; Maternal effects; Sex determination; Steroid hormones; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BRAIN REGION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUAIL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

BIRDS; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTORS; MATERNAL EFFECTS; SEX DETERMINATION; STEROID HORMONES; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FINCHES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUAIL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84882887505     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.002     Document Type: Review

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