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SUBMITTER: IJsseldijk LL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
IJsseldijk Lonneke L LL Hessing Sanne S Mairo Amy A Ten Doeschate Mariel T I MTI Treep Jelle J van den Broek Jan J Keijl Guido O GO Siebert Ursula U Heesterbeek Hans H Gröne Andrea A Leopold Mardik F MF
Scientific reports 20211102 1
A variety of mammals suppress reproduction when they experience poor physical condition or environmental harshness. In many marine mammal species, reproductive impairment has been correlated to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the most frequently measured chemical pollutants, while the relative importance of other factors remains understudied. We investigate whether reproductively active females abandon investment in their foetus when conditions are poor, exemplified using an extensively studie ...[more]