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Socially unstable conditions experienced during development prime female Octodon degus to shape the phenotype of their own offspring.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Aug 2021
Ebensperger Luis A, Gómez Celeste, Aspillaga-Cid Antonia, León Cecilia, Ramírez-Estrada Juan, Correa Loreto A, Vera Daniela C, Abades Sebastian, Hayes Loren D
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Because residents and immigrants from group living species may experience fitness costs associated with permanent changes in group membership, we examined the hypothesis that females experiencing socially unstable or socially stable conditions during development compensate these costs by shaping the phenotype of their own offspring differently. Groups of adult females experiencing either socially stable or...
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