Nonlinear effects of temperature on body form and developmental canalization in the threespine stickleback

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 497-507

  Ramler, D ^a   Mitteroecker, P ^a   Shama, L N S ^b   Wegner, K M ^b   Ahnelt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body shape; Canalization; Development; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Geometric morphometrics; Growth; Reaction norm; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENETICS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894252250     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12311     Document Type: Article

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