High stress during pregnancy decreases offspring survival, according to this mongoose study. Credit: Harry Marshall Researchers studying banded mongooses in Uganda have discovered that pups born to females that experienced elevated stress hormones during the later stages of pregnancy are much less likely to survive their first month. Dr Jennifer Sanderson, now a science teacher […]
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High stress during pregnancy decreases offspring survival, mongoose study shows
October 28th, 2015 Awake Goy