Conflicting processes in the evolution of body size and development time

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1540, 2010, Pages 567-575

  Nijhout, H Frederik ^a   Roff, Derek A ^b   Davidowitz, Goggy ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Growth; Manduca sexta; Mathematical model; Morphospace; Selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROUP SELECTION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 76749130662     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0249     Document Type: Article

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