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Variation in innate immunity in relation to ectoparasite load, age and season: a field experiment in great tits (Parus major)

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A review of immune transfer by the placenta

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Fitness Correlates of Heritable Variation in Antibody Responsiveness in a Wild Mammal

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Growth of yellow-headed blackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusnestlings in relation to maternal body condition, egg mass, and yolk carotenoids concentrations

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The crop milk: a potential new route for carotenoid-mediated parental effects

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Maternal transfer of antibodies in vertebrates: trans-generational effects on offspring immunity

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Maternal transfer of antibodies: raising immuno-ecology issues

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