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Penguin Chicks Benefit from Elevated Yolk Androgen Levels under Sibling Competition

Crested penguins (genus Eudyptes) have a peculiar hatching pattern, with the first-laid egg (A-egg) hatching after the second-laid egg (B-egg) and chicks from A-eggs typically having a much lower survival probability. Maternal yolk androgens have been suggested to contribute to the competitive super...

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Main Authors: Poisbleau, Maud, Müller, Wendt, Carslake, David, Demongin, Laurent, Groothuis, Ton G. G., Van Camp, Jeff, Eens, Marcel
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408461/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22860073
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042174
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