Testing the aerobic model for the evolution of endothermy: Implications of using present correlations to infer past evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-83

  Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Roff, Derek A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic model; Evolution of endothermy; Evolutionary modeling; Genetic correlations; House of cards model

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDOTHERMY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; SELECTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 84890348630     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674093     Document Type: Article

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