Genomics: Moving behavioural ecology beyond the phenotypic gambit

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-270

  Rittschof, Clare C ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive trade off; Behavioural genetics; Behavioural modelling; Behavioural optimization; Genetic toolkit; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOINFORMATICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HEURISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOL; PHENOTYPE; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84901746715     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.028     Document Type: Article

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