A model for optimal reaction norms: The case of the pregnant garter snake and her temperature-sensitive embryos

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-316

  Arnold, Stevan J ^a   Peterson, Charles R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Environmental canalization; Fluctuating asymmetry; Meristic traits; Norms of reaction; Osteological abnormality; Reaction norms; Scalation; Scutellation; Stabilizing selection; Thamnophis elegans; Vertebral number

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; MODEL; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036725474     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341522     Document Type: Article

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