Roberta Martinelli

Stressed mothers lay eggs with high corticosterone levels which produce low‐quality offspring

Nicola Saino, Maria Rosaria Romano, Raffaella Ferrari et al. · Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology · 2005 · 326 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Infected erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles alter vascular function via regulatory Ago2-miRNA complexes in malaria

Pierre‐Yves Mantel, Daisy Hjelmqvist, Michael Walch et al. · Nature Communications · 2016 · 243 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

Effects of elevated egg corticosterone levels on behavior, growth, and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

Diego Rubolini, Maria Rosaria Romano, Giuseppe Boncoraglio et al. · Hormones and Behavior · 2005 · 232 citations

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Immunology +11

Experimental manipulation of egg carotenoids affects immunity of barn swallow nestlings

Nicola Saino, Raffaella Ferrari, Maria Rosaria Romano et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 227 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Immunology +16

Carotenoid concentration in barn swallow eggs is influenced by laying order, maternal infection and paternal ornamentation

Nicola Saino, Vittorio Bertacche, Raffaella Ferrari et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2002 · 210 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Immunology +14