Maternal effects and urbanization: Variation of yolk androgens and immunoglobulin in city and forest blackbirds

Abstract Wildlife inhabiting urban environments exhibit drastic changes in morphology, physiology, and behavior. It has often been argued that these phenotypic responses could be the result of micro‐evolutionary changes following the urbanization process. However, other mechanisms such as phenotypic...

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Main Authors: Jesko Partecke, Gergely Hegyi, Patrick S. Fitze, Julien Gasparini, Hubert Schwabl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6058