Maternal effects as drivers of sibling competition in a parent–offspring conflict context? An experimental test

Maternal effects occur when the mother's phenotype influences her offspring's phenotype. In birds, differential allocation in egg yolk components can allow mothers to compensate for the competitive disadvantage of junior chicks. We hypothesize that the parent–older chick conflict peaks at...

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Udgivet i:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Merkling, Thomas, Perrot, Charlotte, Helfenstein, Fabrice, Ferdy, Jean‐Baptiste, Gaillard, Laurent, Lefol, Emilie, Voisin, Emmanuelle, Hatch, Scott A., Danchin, Etienne, Blanchard, Pierrick
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513303/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725354
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1777
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