Do mothers producing large offspring have to sacrifice fecundity?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 380-391

  Fischer, K ^a   Bot, A N M ^b   Brakefield, P M ^b   Zwaan, Bas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Bicyclus anynana; Egg size; Offspring fitness; Reproductive investment; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; LONGEVITY; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; OVIPOSITION; OVULATION; OVUM; PUPA; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BICYCLUS ANYNANA;

EID: 33645024818     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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