Maternal effects are long-lasting and influence female offspring's reproductive strategy in the swordtail fish Xiphophorus multilineatus.

Murphy, A D; Goedert, D; Morris, M R

Murphy, A D; Goedert, D; Morris, M R.

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Murphy AD; Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.

J Evol Biol ; 27(8): 1613-22, 2014 Aug.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24823268

Subject(s)

Adaptation, Biological/physiology; Cyprinodontiformes/physiology; Maternal Behavior/physiology; Viviparity, Nonmammalian/physiology; Analysis of Variance; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/physiology; Animals; Body Size; Computer Simulation; Diet; Female; Male; Models, Statistical; Reproduction/physiology; Selection, Genetic; Social Environment

Key words

Xiphophorus; growth rates; maternal effects; reproductive strategy; swordtail fish

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cyprinodontiformes / Adaptation, Biological / Viviparity, Nonmammalian / Maternal Behavior Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: J Evol Biol Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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