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Maternal Size and Age Shape Offspring Size in a Live-Bearing Fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni

Many studies of offspring size focus on differences in maternal investment that arise from ecological factors such as predation or competition. Classic theory predicts that these ecological factors will select for an optimal offspring size, and therefore that variation in a given environment will be...

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Autores principales: Kindsvater, Holly K., Rosenthal, Gil G., Alonzo, Suzanne H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23139785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048473