Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1607-1621

  Lancaster, Lesley T ^a,b,c   McAdam, Andrew G ^b   Sinervo, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Alternative mating strategies; Antipredator antipredator strategy; Behavioral syndrome; Correlational selection; Life history trade off; Offspring quality; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SHAPE; EGG SIZE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CUES; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARDS; MALE; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

SQUAMATA; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 77953884659     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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