Gender separation increases somatic growth in females but does not affect lifespan in Nothobranchius furzeri

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Graf, Michael ^a   Cellerino, Alessandro ^a   Englert, Christoph ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPHEMERAL SPECIES; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; EGG LAYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77957818571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011958     Document Type: Article

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