Male pregnancy and the evolution of body segmentation in seahorses and pipefishes

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 404-410

  Hoffman, Eric A ^a   Mobley, Kenyon B ^b   Jones, Adam G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; G matrix; Heritability; Natural selection; Quantitative genetics; Syngnathus scovelli; Vertebral number

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS SCOVELLI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TAIL;

EID: 33646840293     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-268.1     Document Type: Article

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