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Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis differs between behavioral phenotypes in female white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis).
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Apr 2008
Lake Jessica I, Lange Henry S, O'Brien Sara, Sanford Sara E, Maney Donna L
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The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) lends itself particularly well to investigations of neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behavior because of a behavioral polymorphism that correlates with a plumage phenotype. Roughly half of the individuals of this species exhibit a white strip...
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