Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient

Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 386-402

  Blažek, Radim ^a   Polačik, Matej ^a   Kačer, Petr ^b   Cellerino, Alessandro ^c,d   Řežucha, Radomil ^a   Methling, Caroline ^a   Tomášek, Oldřich ^a,e   Syslová, Kamila ^b   Terzibasi Tozzini, Eva ^c   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,e   Vrtílek, Milan ^a   Reichard, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; life span; neoplasia; pace of life syndrome; parallel evolution; reproductive senescence

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

NOTHOBRANCHIUS; PISCES;

AGING; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85011822012     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13127     Document Type: Article

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