Egg colour reflects the amount of yolk maternal antibodies and fledging success in a songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-336

  Morales, Judith ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

IgY; Immunocompetence; Maternal effects; Nestling survival

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y;

ANTIBODY; COLOR MORPH; EGG; FLEDGING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATERNAL EFFECT; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG YOLK; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI;

EID: 33745597142     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0471     Document Type: Article

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