Variation in female reproductive tract morphology across the reproductive cycle in the zebra finch

Background In seasonally breeding birds, the reproductive tract undergoes a dramatic circannual cycle of recrudescence and regression, with oviduct size increasing 5–220 fold from the non-breeding to the breeding state. Opportunistically breeding birds can produce multiple clutches sequentially acro...

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Main Authors: Laura L. Hurley, Ondi L. Crino, Melissah Rowe, Simon C. Griffith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10195.pdf