The fitness costs of adaptation via phenotypic plasticity and maternal effects

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 693-701

  Ezard, Thomas H G ^a,b   Prizak, Roshan ^a,c,d   Hoyle, Rebecca B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Indirect genetic effect; Maternal effect; Phenotypic evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONALITY;

EID: 84900533497     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12207     Document Type: Article

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