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Maternal Effects Underlie Ageing Costs of Growth in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Maternal effects provide a mechanism to adapt offspring phenotype and optimize the mother’s fitness to current environmental conditions. Transferring steroids to the yolk is one way mothers can translate environmental information into potential adaptive signals for offspring. However, maternally-der...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24828412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097705 |