Altitudinal divergence in maternal thermoregulatory behaviour may be driven by differences in selection on offspring survival in a viviparous lizard

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2313-2324

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   While, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Cadby, Chloe D ^c   Harts, Anna ^c   O'Connor, Katherine ^c   Pen, Ido ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life history evolution; Maternal effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection natural

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

NIVEOSCINCUS OCELLATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 79960790114     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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