Genotype-dependent responses to levels of sibling competition over maternal resources in mice

Heredity

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-520

  Hager, R ^a   Cheverud, J M ^b   Wolf, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complex trait; litter size; mice; plasticity; QTL; sibling competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIBLING RELATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIBLING RELATIONS;

MUS;

EID: 84859940191     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.115     Document Type: Article

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