Milk matters: offspring survival in Columbian ground squirrels is affected by nutrient composition of mother’s milk
Through maternal effects, information about environmental conditions experienced in the maternal generation can be transmitted to subsequent generations. Although maternal effects have been described and quantified in many mammalian species, the underlying causal links are often under-studied. The c...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00111/full |