Maternal corticosterone elevation during egg formation in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) influences offspring traits, partly via prenatal undernutrition

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-91

  Henriksen, Rie ^a   Rettenbacher, Sophie ^b   G G Groothuis, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Food competition; Immunocompetence; Plasma testosterone; Prenatal environment; Tonic immobility; Visual lateralization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOLK HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL TRAIT; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY MASS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS; HATCHING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT;

EID: 84880380060     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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