Mutual information reveals variation in temperature-dependent sex determination in response to environmental fluctuation, lifespan and selection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1650, 2008, Pages 2441-2448

  Schwanz, Lisa E ^a,b   Proulx, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charnov Bull; Information theory; Mutation selection balance; Mutational load; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; MUTATION; REACTION NORM; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HABITAT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFESPAN; MUTATION; MUTUAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 52749092393     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0427     Document Type: Article

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