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Gonadal steroid levels in rock pigeon eggs do not represent adequately maternal allocation

Maternal hormones deposited in the egg can provide a powerful model for the study of maternal effects. The differential amount of maternal hormones in the yolk of freshly laid eggs is assumed to represent differential maternal allocation. However, some evidence suggests that these amounts do not ref...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Neeraj, van Faassen, Martijn, de Vries, Bonnie, Kema, Ido, Gahr, Manfred, Groothuis, Ton G. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29478-4