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Neuroendocrine control of life histories: what do we need to know to understand the evolution of phenotypic plasticity?

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 May 2008

Lessells C Kate M

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Almost all life histories are phenotypically plastic: that is, life-history traits such as timing of breeding, family size or the investment in individual offspring vary with some aspect of the environment, such as temperature or food availability. One approach to understanding this phenotypic plasticity from an evolutionary point of view is to extend the optimality approach to the range of environments...

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Biological Evolution
Environment
Models, Biological
Neurosecretory Systems
Phenotype
Reproduction

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PMID: 18048290
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0008
PMCID: PMC2606726

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