Moderate heat challenge increased yolk steroid hormones and shaped offspring growth and behavior in chickens.

Moderate heat challenge increased yolk steroid hormones and shaped offspring growth and behavior in chickens.

BACKGROUND: Environmental challenges might affect the maternal organism and indirectly affect the later ontogeny of the progeny. We investigated the cross-generation impact of a moderate heat challenge in chickens. We hypothesized that a warm temperature--within the thermotolerance range--would affe...

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Main Authors: Aline Bertin, Marine Chanson, Joël Delaveau, Frédéric Mercerand, Erich Möstl, Ludovic Calandreau, Cécile Arnould, Christine Leterrier, Anne Collin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3579796?pdf=render

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