Contrasting effects of increased yolk testosterone content on development and oxidative status in gull embryos

Yolk testosterone affects growth and promotes individual-level consistency in behavioral lateralization of yellow-legged gull chicks

(2016) Cristina Daniela Possenti et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Individual and population-level sex-dependent lateralization in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

(2015) Maria Romano et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Vitamin E deficiency in last-laid eggs limits growth of yellow-legged gull chicks

(2015) Marco Parolini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hormonally-mediated maternal effects in birds: Lessons from the flycatcher model system

(2015) Suvi Ruuskanen   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Context-dependent effects of yolk androgens on nestling growth and immune function in a multibrooded passerine

(2015) J. Muriel et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Artificially Increased Yolk Hormone Levels and Neophobia in Domestic Chicks

(2015) Aline Bertin et al.   Animals

Comparative support for the expensive tissue hypothesis: Big brains are correlated with smaller gut and greater parental investment in Lake Tanganyika cichlids

(2014) Masahito Tsuboi et al.   EVOLUTION

Do females invest more into eggs when males sing more attractively? Postmating sexual selection strategies in a monogamous reed passerine

(2014) Ján Krištofík et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Increased exposure to yolk testosterone has feminizing effects in chickens, Gallus gallus domesticus

(2013) B. Riedstra et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Prenatal exposure to testosterone impairs oxidative damage repair efficiency in the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus)

(2013) L. A. Treidel et al.   Biology Letters

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION ON RELATIVE BRAIN SIZE REVEALS A POSITIVE GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN BRAIN SIZE AND PROACTIVE PERSONALITY IN THE GUPPY

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   EVOLUTION

Yolk concentrations of hormones and glucose and egg weight and egg dimensions in unincubated chicken eggs, in relation to egg sex and hen body weight

(2013) M. Aamir Aslam et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Maternal effects in quail and zebra finches: Behavior and hormones

(2013) Elizabeth Adkins-Regan et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Differential effects of yolk testosterone and androstenedione in embryo development and nestling growth in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)

(2013) Jaime Muriel et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Optimizing the trade-off between offspring number and quality in unpredictable environments: Testing the role of differential androgen transfer to collared flycatcher eggs

(2013) Amber M. Rice et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Sex-specific effects of yolk androgens on begging behavior and digestion in pied flycatchers

(2013) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Effects of Prenatal Testosterone Exposure on Antioxidant Status and Bill Color in Adult Zebra Finches

(2013) Michael Tobler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Brood Reduction via Intra-clutch Variation in Testosterone - An Experimental Test in the Great Tit

(2013) Katarzyna Podlas et al.   PLoS One

Long-term fitness consequences of high yolk androgen levels: sons pay the costs

(2012) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Maternal steroids in egg yolk as a pathway to translate predation risk to offspring: Experiments with great tits

(2012) Michael Coslovsky et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Long-lasting and sex-specific consequences of elevated egg yolk testosterone for social behavior in Japanese quail

(2012) Cécile Schweitzer et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Maternal effects in the highly communal sociable weaver may exacerbate brood reduction and prepare offspring for a competitive social environment

(2012) René E. van Dijk et al.   OECOLOGIA

Extreme Sexual Brain Size Dimorphism in Sticklebacks: A Consequence of the Cognitive Challenges of Sex and Parenting?

(2012) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   PLoS One

Hormonal regulation of offspring begging and mediation of parent–offspring conflict

(2011) Per T. Smiseth et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The embryonic development of the central American wandering spider Cupiennius salei

(2011) Carsten Wolff et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Examining a pathway for hormone mediated maternal effects – Yolk testosterone affects androgen receptor expression and endogenous testosterone production in young chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)

(2011) K.A. Pfannkuche et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Energetics and the evolution of human brain size

(2011) Ana Navarrete et al.   NATURE

Yolk androstenedione, but not testosterone, predicts offspring fate and reflects parental quality

(2010) Gergely Hegyi et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Yolk testosterone reduces oxidative damages during postnatal development

(2010) J. C. Noguera et al.   Biology Letters

Effects of egg testosterone on female mate choice and male sexual behavior in the pheasant

(2010) Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Do different yolk androgens exert similar effects on the morphology or behaviour of Japanese quail hatchlings Coturnix japonica?

(2010) Gergely Hegyi et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Short- and long-term consequences of prenatal testosterone for immune function: an experimental study in the zebra finch

(2009) Michael Tobler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Maternal yolk androgens stimulate territorial behaviour in black-headed gull chicks

(2009) W. Muller et al.   Biology Letters

Steroids in chicken egg yolk: Metabolism and uptake during early embryonic development

(2009) Nikolaus von Engelhardt et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Yolk androgens do not appear to mediate sexual conflict over parental investment in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

(2009) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Yolk hormones have sex-specific long-term effects on behavior in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

(2009) Suvi Ruuskanen et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Sex allocation in yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) depends on nutritional constraints on production of large last eggs

(2009) N. Saino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Yolk androgens as pleiotropic mediators of physiological processes: A mechanistic review

(2008) Kristen J. Navara et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

SEX-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF ALBUMEN REMOVAL AND NEST ENVIRONMENT MANIPULATION ON BARN SWALLOW NESTLINGS

(2008) Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati et al.   ECOLOGY

Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds. IV. Intra-ovarian growth dynamics can link sex determination and sex-specific acquisition of resources

(2008) A. V. BADYAEV et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Maternal allocation strategies and differential effects of yolk carotenoids on the phenotype and viability of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks in relation to sex and laying order

(2008) M. ROMANO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex-specific effects of prenatal testosterone on nestling plasma antioxidant capacity in the zebra finch

(2008) M. Tobler et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phenotypic Correlates of Yolk and Plasma Carotenoid Concentration in Yellow‐Legged Gull Chicks

(2008) Nicola Saino et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?

(2007) Ton. G.G Groothuis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Variation in maternal effects and embryonic development rates among passerine species

(2007) T. E Martin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES