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Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus).

It has been proposed that the maternal androgens in avian egg yolk enhance offspring fitness by accelerating growth and improving competitive ability. Because egg quality is strongly influenced by maternal condition, we predicted that females in good condition would produce high-quality eggs with re...

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Main Authors: Verboven, Nanette, Monaghan, Pat, Evans, Darren M, Schwabl, Hubert, Evans, Neil, Whitelaw, Christine, Nager, Ruedi G
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2003
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691499/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14613608
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2496
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