Plasticity and limitations of extended egg retention in oviparous Zootoca vivipara (Reptilia: Lacertidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-82

  Rodríguez Díaz, Tania ^a   Braña, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental constraints; Embryonic development; Evolution of viviparity; Hatching success; Hatchling phenotype

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; OVIPARITY; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPTILE; SELECTION; VIVIPARITY;

LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 78650073375     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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