Potentially adaptive effects of maternal nutrition during gestation on offspring phenotype of a viviparous reptile

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4234-4239

  Cadby, Chloé D ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution of viviparity; Maternal effects; Matrotrophy; Niveoscincus ocellatus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VIVIPARITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 83155175537     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057349     Document Type: Article

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