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. 2010 Mar 11;5(3):e9639. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009639

Figure 4. Maternal DNP-KLH-specific antibodies in nestlings sampled at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 days of age.

Figure 4

Mean ± SE of maternal DNP-KLH-specific antibodies (measured as optic density (OD)) in nestling plasma at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 days of age. DNP-KLH specific antibodies are purely maternal in origin, as nestlings were not exposed to this antigen. The OD recorded for hatch day 0 nestlings was significantly different from control values obtained from hatch day 0 nestlings hatched from control females at P<0.05. All other samples taken from 3–15 day old nestlings did not significantly differ from the control at P<0.05.