Maternal effects on offspring size and number in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki

Given a trade-off between offspring size and number, all mothers are predicted to produce the same optimal-sized offspring in a given environment. In many species, however, larger and/or older mothers produce bigger offspring. There are several hypotheses to explain this but they lack strong empiric...

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Autores principales: O’Dea, Rose E, Vega-Trejo, Regina, Head, Megan L, Jennions, Michael D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1577

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1577

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