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High progesterone during avian meiosis biases sex ratios toward females

Evidence of altered primary sex ratios in birds shows that mothers can manipulate the sex of their offspring before oviposition. In birds, females are the heterogametic sex (ZW) and males are homogametic (ZZ). Sex is determined in the first meiotic division, when one sex chromosome is retained in th...

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Autori principali: Correa, Stephanie M, Adkins-Regan, Elizabeth, Johnson, Patricia A
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2005
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626207/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148170
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0283
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