Eggshell Spottiness Reflects Maternally Transferred Antibodies in Blue Tits

Blue-green and brown-spotted eggshells in birds have been proposed as sexual signals of female physiological condition and egg quality, reflecting maternal investment in the egg. Testing this hypothesis requires linking eggshell coloration to egg content, which is lacking for brown protoporphyrin-ba...

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Autores principales: Holveck, Marie-Jeanne, Grégoire, Arnaud, Staszewski, Vincent, Guerreiro, Romain, Perret, Philippe, Boulinier, Thierry, Doutrelant, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050389

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050389

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