Premature birth stunts early growth and is a possible driver of stress-induced maternal effects in the guppy Poecilia reticulata.
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14235
Abstract: We tested the effects of gestational stress, principally in the form of alarm cue extracted from the skin of conspecifics, on reproduction in female guppies Poecilia reticulata and the growth and behaviour of their offspring.… read more here.
Keywords: premature birth; poecilia reticulata; birth stunts; stress ... See more keywords