Houbara Bustard Chick (IMAGE)

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Houbara Bustard Chick

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Females that observed highly displaying male birds in the experiment were more fertile and had a greater breeding success due to an increased allocation of testosterone into their eggs, leading to an increase in the growth rate in chicks.

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Photo: Adeline Loyau, UFZ/CNRS

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