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INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
卷 53, 期 6, 页码 923-937出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict083
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- National Science Foundation [IOS-1237618]
- ABS divisions of SICB
- DCE divisions of SICB
- DCPB divisions of SICB
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1237618] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
There is ample evidence that birds have the ability to adjust their offsprings' sex ratios before fertilization occurs. Recent work has focused on pinpointing when during the process of oocyte maturation adjustment of sex ratio takes place. Additionally, there is growing support for the idea that there is hormonal control over the process of adjustment of sex ratio in birds. Whether steroid hormones represent direct mediators of the process, however, remains unclear. This review outlines the precise points during maturation of ovarian follicles during which adjustment of primary sex ratios could potentially occur, compiles the evidence for hormonal involvement in the process of primary adjustment of sex ratio, and discusses potential hormonal targets during maturation and fertilization of oocytes where hormones may trigger adjustment of sex ratio in birds.
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