Stressed mothers lay eggs with high corticosterone levels which produce low-quality offspring

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 998-1006

  Saino, Nicola ^a,c   Romano, Maria ^a   Ferrari, Raffaella Paola ^a   Martinelli, Roberta ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^c Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRD DISEASES; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; ITALY; OVUM; STRESS; SWALLOWS;

HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 30744457316     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.224     Document Type: Article

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