Epigenetic effects on personality traits: early food provisioning and sibling competition
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Claudio Carere1,2), Piet J. Drent3), Jaap M. Koolhaas4) & Ton G.G. Groothuis1,5) (1 Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 2 Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Behavioural Neuroendocrinology Research Group, University of Liege, Belgium; 3 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Center for Terrestrial Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands; 4 Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
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