Maternal corticosterone is transferred into the egg yolk

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Almasi, Bettina ^a   Rettenbacher, Sophie ^b   Müller, Claudia ^a   Brill, Sandra ^c   Wagner, Hermann ^c   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Maternal effects; Stress; Yolk steroid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARN OWL; BIRD; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 84861475063     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.032     Document Type: Article

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