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Sex-specific effects of yolk testosterone on survival, begging and growth of zebra finches

Yolk androgens affect offspring hatching, begging, growth and survival in many bird species. If these effects are sex-specific, yolk androgen deposition may constitute a mechanism for differential investment in male and female offspring. We tested this hypothesis in zebra finches. In this species, f...

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Main Authors: von Engelhardt, Nikolaus, Carere, Claudio, Dijkstra, Cor, G. G. Groothuis, Ton
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2005
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560008/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16519236
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3274
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