Endocrine regulation of predator-induced phenotypic plasticity

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 625-635

  Dennis, Stuart R ^a   LeBlanc, Gerald A ^b   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia pulex; Developmental control; Gene expression; Juvenile hormone; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

ARTHROPODA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

ECDYSONE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ECDYSONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; JUVENILE HORMONES; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84919418999     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3102-8     Document Type: Article

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