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Sources of variation in yolk hormone deposition: consistency, inheritance and developmental effects.
General and comparative endocrinology - 15 Jan 2012
Müller Wendt, Goerlich Vivian C, Vergauwen Jonas, Groothuis Ton G G, Eens Marcel
Abstract excerpt
Maternal effects occur when the phenotype of the mother affects the phenotype of their offspring. They are thought to have evolved to translate the environmental conditions experienced by the mother into adaptive phenotypic variation of the offspring. However, the integration of environmental cues allowing adaptive responses requires some form of plasticity that depends on the interaction of the maternal...
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