Evolutionary ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in newts and salamanders

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 663-671

  Denoël, Mathieu ^a,d   Joly, Pierre ^b   Whiteman, Howard H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amphibians; Evolution; Facultative paedomorphosis; Heterochrony; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIFE HISTORY; MATING; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644824039     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793105006858     Document Type: Review

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