Additive genetic variance and developmental plasticity in growth trajectories in a wild cooperative mammal

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1893-1904

  Huchard, E ^a   Charmantier, A ^a,b   English, S ^c   Bateman, A ^a   Nielsen, J F ^d,e   Clutton Brock, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Early environmental effects; Growth trajectories; Heritability; Meerkats; Suricata suricatta

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MONGOOSE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERPESTIDAE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84906794651     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12440     Document Type: Article

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