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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Publicado en:Ecol Evol
Autores principales: Merkling, Thomas, Perrot, Charlotte, Helfenstein, Fabrice, Ferdy, Jean‐Baptiste, Gaillard, Laurent, Lefol, Emilie, Voisin, Emmanuelle, Hatch, Scott A., Danchin, Etienne, Blanchard, Pierrick
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea: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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