Hormone-mediated suites as adaptations and evolutionary constraints

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1497, 2008, Pages 1611-1620

  McGlothlin, Joel W ^a,b   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraint; Correlational selection; Hormones; Phenotypic integration; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FITNESS; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 41149139514     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0002     Document Type: Review

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