The influence of phenotypic and genetic effects on maternal provisioning and offspring weight gain in mice

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Hager, Reinmar ^a,b   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coadaptation; Maternal provisioning; Mice; Offspring solicitation

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644918570     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0403     Document Type: Article

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