Moderate Heat Challenge Increased Yolk Steroid Hormones and Shaped Offspring Growth and Behavior in Chickens

Aline Bertin; Marine Chanson; Joël Delaveau; Frédéric Mercerand; Erich Möstl; Ludovic Calandreau; Cécile Arnould; Christine Leterrier; Anne Collin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057670

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Moderate Heat Challenge Increased Yolk Steroid Hormones and Shaped Offspring Growth and Behavior in Chickens

Aline Bertin ,

* E-mail: aline.bertin@tours.inra.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR85, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France, CNRS, UMR7247, Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Marine Chanson,

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR85, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France, CNRS, UMR7247, Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Joël Delaveau,

Affiliation INRA, UE1295, PEAT, Nouzilly, France
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Frédéric Mercerand,

Affiliation INRA, UE1295, PEAT, Nouzilly, France
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Erich Möstl,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Medical Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Ludovic Calandreau,

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR85, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France, CNRS, UMR7247, Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Cécile Arnould,

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR85, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France, CNRS, UMR7247, Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Christine Leterrier,

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR85, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France, CNRS, UMR7247, Nouzilly, France, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Anne Collin

Affiliation INRA, UR83 Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France
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Moderate Heat Challenge Increased Yolk Steroid Hormones and Shaped Offspring Growth and Behavior in Chickens

Aline Bertin,
Marine Chanson,
Joël Delaveau,
Frédéric Mercerand,
Erich Möstl,
Ludovic Calandreau,
Cécile Arnould,
Christine Leterrier,
Anne Collin

Published: February 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057670

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