Maternally derived yolk testosterone enhances the development of the hatching muscle in the red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2000-10-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2000.1242PMID 11075714PMCID PMC1690769
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