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Avian yolk androgens are metabolized rather than taken up by the embryo during the first days of incubation

Neeraj Kumar, Annie van Dam, Hjalmar Permentier, Martijn van Faassen, Ido Kema, Manfred Gahr, Ton G. G. Groothuis
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2019) 222 (7): jeb193961.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.193961
Published: 3 April 2019
... using stable isotope labelled androgens shows that maternal androgens in bird egg yolk are not taken up by the embryo during early incubation but rather are metabolized. Maternal effects Early hormone conversion Prenatal Birds Egg incubation Embryonic hormone uptake Exposure...
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