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Experimental manipulation of egg carotenoids affects immunity of barn swallow nestlings.

The yolk of bird eggs contains maternal carotenoids that may act as antioxidants thus influencing offspring performance and survival. However, to our knowledge, this hypothesis has not been subjected to experimental tests and the function of transmission of carotenoids to the egg is largely unknown....

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Main Authors: Saino, Nicola, Ferrari, Raffaella, Romano, Maria, Martinelli, Roberta, Møller, Anders Pape
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2003
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691538/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14667340
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2534
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