Sex cells in changing environments: Can organisms adjust the physiological function of gametes to different temperatures?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1797-1803

  Adriaenssens, Bart ^a   van Damme, Raoul ^b   Seebacher, Frank ^c   Wilson, Robbie S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Optimal temperature; Performance; Temperature; Thermal dependence

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; GAMETE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 84863404094     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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