Maternal Stress Affects Fetal Growth but Not Developmental Instability in Rabbits
Developmental instability (DI), often measured by fluctuating asymmetry (FA) or the frequency of phenodeviants (fPD), is thought to increase with stress. However, specifically for stressors of maternal origin, evidence of such negative associations with DI is scarce. Whereas effects of maternal stre...
Main Authors: | Jessica Bots, Matteo Breno, Luc De Schaepdrijver, Stefan Van Dongen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-09-01
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Series: | Symmetry |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/8/10/101 |
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