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Maternal source of variability in the embryo development of an annual killifish.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2017
Polačik M, Smith C, Reichard M
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Organisms inhabiting unpredictable environments often evolve diversified reproductive bet-hedging strategies, expressed as production of multiple offspring phenotypes, thereby avoiding complete reproductive failure. To cope with unpredictable rainfall, African annual killifish from temporary savannah pools lay drought-resistant eggs that vary widely in the duration of embryo development. We examined the sources...
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