Multiple pathways of maternal effects in black-headed gull eggs: Constraint and adaptive compensatory adjustment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1304-1313

  Groothuis, T G G ^a,e   Eising, C M ^a   Blount, J D ^b,f   Surai, P ^c   Apanius, V ^d   Dijkstra, C ^a   Muller W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Exeter in Cornwall ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Hatching asynchrony; Immune function; Immunoglobulin; Maternal effects; Sex allocation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MUTUALISM; SEX ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; EGG; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; EGGS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING;

LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 33745196896     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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