Diet and hormonal manipulation reveal cryptic genetic variation: Implications for the evolution of novel feeding strategies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3569-3578

  Ledón Rettig, Cris C ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a   Crespi, Erica J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Corticosterone; Genetic accommodation; Heritability; Novelty; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HORMONE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE USE; SELECTION; SIGNAL; TOAD;

ANIMALIA; PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS COUCHII; SPEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650040962     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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