Parental effects in ecology and evolution: Mechanisms, processes and implications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1520, 2009, Pages 1169-1177

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a   Uller, Tobias ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Ecology; Evolution; Heredity; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; CONFLICT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 65649123047     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0302     Document Type: Article

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