Social instability in laying quail: consequences on yolk steroids and offspring's phenotype.
Individual phenotypic characteristics of many species are influenced by non-genetic maternal effects. Female birds can influence the development of their offspring before birth via the yolk steroid content of their eggs. We investigated this prenatal maternal effect by analysing the influence of lay...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2989911?pdf=render |