Brain plasticity over the metamorphic boundary: Carry-over effect of larval environment on froglet brain development

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1380-1385

  Trokovic, N ^a   Gonda, A ^a   Herczeg, G ^a   Laurila, A ^b   Merila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Brain size; Competition; Metamorphosis; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FROG; HETEROGENEITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; OPTIC LOBE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANA TEMPORARIA;

AMPHIBIA; METAMORPHA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 79955661910     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02275.x     Document Type: Article

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