Maternally-transferred thyroid hormones and life-history variation in birds
B.-Y. Hsu, V.-M. Pakanen, W. Boner, T. Eeva, B. Doligez, T. G. G. Groothuis, E. Korpimäki, T. Laaksonen, A. Lelono, P. Monaghan, T. Sarraude, B. Tschirren, R. L. Thomson, J. Tolvanen, R. A. Vasquez, S. Ruuskanen
This study examines the relationship between maternal thyroid hormone levels in bird eggs and life-history traits across 34 species, finding higher TH concentrations in migratory and precocial species.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2019Evolutionary Biology