Short- and long-term consequences of early developmental conditions: A case study on wild and domesticated zebra finches

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-395

  Tschirren, B ^a,b   Rutstein, A N ^b   Postma, E ^b   Mariette, M ^a   Griffith, S C ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Common garden experiment; Developmental stress; Divergent selection; Domestication; Investment trade off; Life history strategy; Maternal effects; Sexual selection; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BROOD SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEAK; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEAK; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 58549092290     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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