Trans-generational effects of prenatal stress in quail

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Guibert, Floriane ^a   Lumineau, Sophie ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^b   Möstl, Erich ^c   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a   Houdelier, Cécilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fearfulness; Steroids; Stress effects

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERITABILITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84872203828     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2368     Document Type: Article

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