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Are sexually selected traits affected by a poor environment early in life?
BACKGROUND: Challenging conditions experienced early in life, such as a restricted diet, can detrimentally affect key life-history traits. Individuals can reduce these costs by delaying their sexual maturation, albeit at the price of the later onset of breeding, to eventually reach the same adult si...
Autores principales: | Vega-Trejo, Regina, Jennions, Michael D., Head, Megan L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0838-2 |
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