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Maternal yolk testosterone does not modulate parasite susceptibility or immune function in great tit nestlings |
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| Authors: | BARBARA TSCHIRREN,VERENA SALADIN,PATRICK S. FITZE&dagger ,HUBERT SCHWABL&Dagger , HEINZ RICHNER |
| Affiliation: | Evolutionary Ecology Group, Zoological Institute, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;;Behavioural Ecology Group, Zoology Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK;and;School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164–4236, USA |
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| Keywords: | Ceratophyllus gallinae corticosterone host–parasite interactions maternal effects maternal hormones |