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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2016
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| 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 |