Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2574-2583

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a,b   Coltman, Dave W ^a,c   Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal model; Early development; Hormones; Mating preference; Quantitative genetics; Song rate

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 9244227104     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00885.x     Document Type: Article

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