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Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2010
Lancaster Lesley T, McAdam Andrew G, Sinervo Barry
Abstract excerpt
Numerous integrated traits contribute to any aspect of organismal performance, but favorable trait combinations are difficult to maintain in the face of genetic recombination. We investigated the role of maternal effects in promoting integration of alternative reproductive strategies (throat colors) with antipredator traits (escape behaviors and dorsal patterns) in the side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana)....
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