Stress and the Offspring : Adaptive Transgenerational Effects of Unpredictability on Behaviour and Gene Expression in Chickens (Gallus gallus)
Environmental stress has shown to affect both the exposed individuals and the development of their offspring. Generally, it is thought that the stressed organism responds to stress by trying to adapt to it. This thesis investigates possible evolutionary consequences of cross-generational transmissio...
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Linköpings universitet, Zoologi
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-15518 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7393-753-5 |