Evolutionary reduction of developmental plasticity in desert spadefoot toads

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2445-2455

  Kulkarni, S S ^a   Gomez Mestre, I ^b   Moskalik, C L ^a   Storz, B L ^c   Buchholz, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amphibians; Directional selection; Metamorphosis; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; DESERT; DESICCATION; EPHEMERAL POOL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAT; HETEROGENEITY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; TOAD; WATER LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 80053993302     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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