Elevated Plasma Corticosterone Decreases Yolk Testosterone and Progesterone in Chickens: Linking Maternal Stress and Hormone-Mediated Maternal Effects

• Rie Henriksen,

  Affiliations Behavioural Biology, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Ton G. Groothuis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ton G. Groothuis, Sophie Rettenbacher

  Affiliation Behavioural Biology, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Sophie Rettenbacher

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ton G. Groothuis, Sophie Rettenbacher

  * E-mail: Sophie.Rettenbacher@vetmeduni.ac.at

  Affiliation Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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