Avian fitness: birds go easy on their pectoral muscles

PressRelease by the Vetmed about our freshly published article in Journal of Experimental Biology:

“Controlled expression of the migratory phenotype affects oxidative status in birds”

by myself, Manrico Sebastiano, David Costantini, Gianni Pola, Leonida Fusani

Really proud to see this out. A big challenge since the very beginning. It “officially” all started in 2017 in an empty room in the Konrak Lorenz Institute of Ethology (Vetmeduni Vienna) with 0 Common quails 🙂

Link to access the full article: https://jeb.biologists.org/content/224/6/jeb233486