Paternal genotype influences incubation period, offspring size, and offspring shape in an oviparous reptile

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1328-1333

  Olsson, Mats ^a,b   Gullberg, Annica ^c   Shine, Richard ^b   Madsen, Thomas ^b   Tegelström, Håkan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

incubation period; Lacerta agilis; multiple paternity; offspring size and shape; paternal genes

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKER; INCUBATION PERIOD;

LACERTA AGILIS;

EID: 0029661714     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02372.x     Document Type: Article

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