Constraints on adaptive evolution: The functional trade-off between reproduction and fast-start swimming performance in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-50

  Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a,c   Reznick, David N ^a   Walker, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraint; Fast start; Life history evolution; Swimming performance; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWIMMING; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; POECILIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; SWIMMING;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 3342937585     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421412     Document Type: Article

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