Neither male gonadal androgens nor female reproductive costs drive development of sexual size dimorphism in lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1872-1880

  Starostová, Zuzana ^a   Kubička, Lukáš ^a   Golinski, Alison ^b   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gecko; Growth; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive investment; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CASTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GECKO; GONAD; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

GECKO; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GONADS; LIZARDS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; PAROEDURA PICTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84877130523     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079442     Document Type: Article

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