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Maternal effects, flight versus fecundity trade-offs, and offspring immune defence in the Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria

BACKGROUND: Maternal condition can generate resource-related maternal effects through differential egg provisioning, and can greatly affect offspring performance. In the present study, the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria (L.) was used to investigate whether (after controlling for egg size) m...

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Autores principales: Gibbs, Melanie, Breuker, Casper J, Hesketh, Helen, Hails, Rosemary S, Van Dyck, Hans
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21067561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-345