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The Adaptive Value of Stress‐Induced Phenotypes: Effects of Maternally Derived Corticosterone on Sex‐Biased Investment, Cost of Reproduction, and Maternal Fitness

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Genetic differences in coping strategies in response to prolonged and repeated restraint in Japanese quail divergently selected for long or short tonic immobility

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Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls

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