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Heritability of progeny size in a terrestrial isopod: transgenerational environmental effects on a life history trait.
Heredity - 1 Nov 2004
Carter M J, Lardies M A, Nespolo R F, Bozinovic F
Abstract excerpt
Maternal effects, the environment that mothers provide to their offspring, their provision of nutrients and the environment that offspring of the same clutch share, have come to be recognized as an important influence on offspring fitness. In addition, in invertebrates, maternal effects and common environment may change according to a mother's diet. We tested for the changes in quantitative genetic parameters in...
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