Juvenile phase in weaver finch (Ploceus philippinus)
- 1 July 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 159 (2) , 203-207
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1401590206
Abstract
The photosensitive weaver bird (Ploceus philippinus) has a long juvenile phase when, while the bird is insensitive to photostimulation, the gonads respond to injected gonadotrophins. It is suggested that the immature status of the hypothalamo/hypophyseal complex may be responsible for the presence of a long pre‐photoresponsive phase in this bird.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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