Long-term repeatability makes basal metabolic rate a likely heritable trait in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4663-4669

  Rønning, Bernt ^a   Moe, Børge ^a   Bech, Claus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Energetics; Heritability; Individual variation; Natural selection; Repeatability; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 31044446069     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01941     Document Type: Article

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