Plasticity as panacea? Nerves, hormones, and the currencies of trade-offs

Current Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-264

  Bastiaans, Elizabeth ^a   Swanger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Life history trade offs; Neural tissue; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925392391     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/61.2.251     Document Type: Article

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