Effects of parental larval diet on egg size and offspring traits in Drosophila

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-241

  Vijendravarma, Roshan K ^a   Narasimha, Sunitha ^a   Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Egg size; Maternal effects; Nutritional stress; Parental effects; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DIET; EGG SIZE; FLY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77951451143     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0754     Document Type: Article

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