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The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the house finch. V. Maternal effects.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2003
Badyaev Alexander V, Beck Michelle L, Hill Geoffrey E, Whittingham Linda A
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype of a mother and the environment that she provides might differentially affect the phenotypes of her sons and daughters, leading to change in sexual size dimorphism. Whereas these maternal effects should evolve to accommodate the adaptations of both the maternal and offspring generations, the mechanisms by which this is accomplished are rarely known. In birds, females adjust the onset of incubation...
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