Effects of parental radiation exposure on developmental instability in grasshoppers

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1149-1162

  Beasley, D E ^a   Bonisoli Alquati, A ^a   Welch, S M ^a   Moller A P ^b   Mousseau, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Grasshoppers; Life history; Radioactive contamination; Transgenerational genomic instability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSH; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL MATURITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORELIMB; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INHERITANCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRASSHOPPERS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WING;

CHORTHIPPUS ALBOMARGINATUS;

EID: 84861199879     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02502.x     Document Type: Article

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