No evidence for the 'expensive-tissue hypothesis' from an intraspecific study in a highly variable species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1226-1231

  Warren, D L ^a   Iglesias, T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluehead wrasse; Encephalization; Expensive tissue hypothesis; Gonad; Liver

Indexed keywords

BAT; BRAIN; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PERCIFORMES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

ANTHOZOA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 84861200997     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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