Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?

TGG Groothuis, H Schwabl - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past decade, birds have proven to be excellent models to study hormone-mediated
maternal effects in an evolutionary framework. Almost all these studies focus on the function …

The behavior of the Japanese or domestic quail Coturnix japonica

AD Mills, LL Crawford, M Domjan, JM Faure - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the literature pertaining to the behavior of the Japanese or domestic
quail Coturnix japonica. Details are given of the classification, characteristics, domestication …

[BOOK][B] Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology

DM Whitacre - 2008 - Springer
Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Hormonally active agents in the environment

National Research Council… - 2000 - books.google.com
Some investigators have hypothesized that estrogens and other hormonally active agents
found in the environment might be involved in breast cancer increases and sperm count …

The sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus of quail: a key brain area mediating steroid action on male sexual behavior

GC Panzica, C Viglietti-Panzica, J Balthazart - Frontiers in …, 1996 - Elsevier
About 10 years ago, a sexually differentiated nucleus was identified in the preoptic area
(POA) of the Japanese quail in the course of studies analyzing the dimorphic mechanisms …

Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds

J Balthazart, GF Ball - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1995 - cell.com
It is currently accepted that most sex differences in brain and behavior do not result from
direct genomic actions, but develop following early exposure to a sexually differentiated …

[BOOK][B] Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5: Mammals

DO Norris, KH Lopez - 2024 - books.google.com
Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 5: Mammals is the fifth of five second-
edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated overview of hormones and …

Sex steroid levels in develo** and adult male and female zebra finches (Poephila guttata)

E Adkins-Regan, M Abdelnabi, M Mobarak… - General and …, 1990 - Elsevier
Serum samples from male and female zebra finches ranging in age from 1 day before hatch
to 54 days posthatch were assayed for 17β-estradiol (E), androgen, testosterone (T), or 5α …

The impact of environmental chemicals on wildlife vertebrates

J Bernanke, HR Köhler* - Reviews of environmental contamination and …, 2009 - Springer
Since early history, humans have interfered with their environment. Early hominids
appeared about 6 million yr ago. Although the earliest humans were only able to partially …

Reproductive dysgenesis in wildlife: a comparative view

TM Edwards, BC Moore… - International journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal reproductive development in males has been linked to environmental
contaminant exposure in a wide variety of vertebrates. These include humans, rodent …