A theoretical model of the evolution of maternal effects under parent-offspring conflict

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2075-2084

  Uller, Tobias ^a   Pen, Ido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Maternal effects; Parent offspring conflict; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFLICT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79959975871     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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