Components of change in the evolution of learning and unlearned preference

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1670, 2009, Pages 3201-3208

  Dunlap, Aimee S ^a   Stephens, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Evolution; Experimental evolution; Learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FLY; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68849115095     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0602     Document Type: Article

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