Viviparity in high-altitude Phrynocephalus lizards is adaptive because embryos cannot fully develop without maternal thermoregulation

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 639-649

  Wang, Zheng ^a,b   Lu, Hong Liang ^c   Ma, Li ^c   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Embryonic survivorship; Gestation temperature; Maternal thermoregulation; Offspring phenotype; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIZARD; PREGNANCY; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AGAMIDAE; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS VLANGALII; SQUAMATA;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VIVIPARITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHINA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 84897584198     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2811-8     Document Type: Article

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