Maternal investment influences expression of resource polymorphism in amphibians: Implications for the evolution of novel resource-use phenotypes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Martin, Ryan A ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOSTRACA; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SHRIMP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEA MULTIPLICATA; TADPOLE; ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANOSTRACA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ARTEMIA; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVUM;

EID: 77949450458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009117     Document Type: Article

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