Does paternal immunocompetence affect offspring vulnerability to maternal androgens? A study in domestic chickens

Exposure of yolk androgens can positively stimulate chick growth and competitive ability, but may negatively affect immunity. It has been hypothesized that only chicks from immunologically superior fathers can bear the cost of prenatal exposure to high androgen levels. To test this hypothesis, we pa...

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Autores principales: Lelono, Asmoro, Robledo-Ruiz, Diana A., Berghof, Tom V. L., Parmentier, Henk K., Riedstra, Bernd, Groothuis, Ton G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31748241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.045096

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31748241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.045096

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