Manipulative Mothers :
Subtitle: maternal steroid hormones and avian offspring sex ratio : studies in the homing pigeon
Edition: PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van het doctoraat in de Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op gezag van de Rector Magnificus, dr. F. Zwarts, in het openbaar te verdedigen op maandag 26 oktober 2009 om 13.15
Publisher: RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN))
Published: 2009 1026 ma 13:15
Place of publication: Groningen NL
Language: eng; dut
Format: digital 5,69 MB
Number of pages: 208
Copyright date: [2009] award date 1009
First sentence: This thesis deals with the potential involvement of maternal steroid hormones in the manipulation of avian primary sex ratio (the proportion of sons) and the identification of underlying mechanisms, using the homing pigeon (Columba livia domestica) as model species.
Table of contents: title: Outline 7; title: Chapter 1 Introduction and synthesis: Review of maternal hormones and offspring sex ratio in birds 9; title: Chapter 2 Embryo sex of first eggs varies similarly with laying date in two species of wild pigeons 57; title: Chapter 3 Testosterone has a long term effect on primary sex ratio of first eggs in pigeons – in search for a mechanism 73; title: Chapter 4 Experimentally simulating chronic stress in birds: a re-evaluation of corticosterone treatment methods 93; title: Chapter 5 Corticosterone influences primary sex ratio in homing pigeons 111; title: Chapter 6 Disentangling the influence of maternal testosterone, corticosterone, and body condition on primary offspring sex ratio in homing pigeons 125; title: Chapter 7 No evidence for selective follicle abortion underlying primary sex ratio adjustment in pigeons 147; title: Chapter 8 The effects of in vivo testosterone manipulation on ovarian morphology, follicular development, and follicle yolk testosterone in the homing pigeon 163; title: References 179; title: Nederlandse samenvatting 197; title: Acknowledgements 205