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Bigger mothers are better mothers: disentangling size-related prenatal and postnatal maternal effects

Despite a vast literature on the factors controlling adult size, few studies have investigated how maternal size affects offspring size independent of direct genetic effects, thereby separating prenatal from postnatal influences. I used a novel experimental design that combined a cross-fostering app...

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Autor principal: Steiger, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1225