The evolution of sensitive periods in a model of incremental development

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1823, 2016, Pages

  Panchanathan, Karthik ^a   Frankenhuis, Willem E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bayesian updating; Cues; Development; Evolution; Sensitive periods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MARKOV CHAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84955601045     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2439     Document Type: Article

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