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Ontogenetic timing as a condition-dependent life history trait: High-condition males develop quickly, peak early, and age fast.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2017
Hooper Amy K, Spagopoulou Foteini, Wylde Zachariah, Maklakov Alexei A, Bonduriansky Russell
Abstract excerpt
Within-population variation in ageing remains poorly understood. In males, condition-dependent investment in secondary sexual traits may incur costs that limit ability to invest in somatic maintenance. Moreover, males often express morphological and behavioral secondary sexual traits simultaneously, but the relative effects on ageing of investment in these traits remain unclear. We investigated the condition...
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