Maternal effects as drivers of sibling competition in a parent–offspring conflict context? An experimental test

Maternal effects occur when the mother's phenotype influences her offspring's phenotype. In birds, differential allocation in egg yolk components can allow mothers to compensate for the competitive disadvantage of junior chicks. We hypothesize that the parent–older chick conflict peaks at...

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Autores principales: Merkling, Thomas, Perrot, Charlotte, Helfenstein, Fabrice, Ferdy, Jean‐Baptiste, Gaillard, Laurent, Lefol, Emilie, Voisin, Emmanuelle, Hatch, Scott A., Danchin, Etienne, Blanchard, Pierrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1777

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1777

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