Yolk corticosterone in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

• Main Authors: A Miltiadous, SR Pryke, Mylene Mariette, Kate Buchanan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified; Zoology not elsewhere classified; Environmental management not elsewhere classified; Maternal effects; maternal investment; eggs; yolk hormones; solid-phase extraction; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; 3104 Evolutionary biology; Finch; Avian Studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30117906; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Yolk_corticosterone_in_the_Gouldian_Finch_Erythrura_gouldiae_/20779681

Maternal hormones are thought to play an important role in determining the rate of evolutionary adaptation. Previous avian studies have shown that the transfer of maternally derived hormones, such as progesterone and testosterone, to the egg, affects many aspects of offspring development. In contras...