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Maternal adjustment or constraint: differential effects of food availability on maternal deposition of macro‐nutrients, steroids and thyroid hormones in rock pigeon eggs

In oviparous species like birds, eggs provide the direct environment in which embryos are developing. Mothers may adjust different egg components in different ways in reaction to environmental cues either to adjust offspring development or because of constraints. In this study, we investigated the e...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Bin‐Yan, Dijkstra, Cor, Darras, Veerle M., de Vries, Bonnie, Groothuis, Ton G.G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26843926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1845