Maternal glucocorticoids promote offspring growth without inducing oxidative stress or shortening telomeres in wild red squirrels
B. Dantzer, F. van Kesteren, S. E. Westrick, S. Boutin, A. G. McAdam, J. E. Lane, R. Gillespie, A. Majer, M. Haussmann, P. Monaghan
This study shows that maternal glucocorticoids increase offspring growth rates without causing oxidative stress or telomere shortening in red squirrels.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2019Evolutionary Biology