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Maternal Trophic Status and Offpsring Phenotype in a Marine Invertebrate.
Scientific reports - 25 Jun 2018
González-Ortegón Enrique, Vay Lewis Le, Walton Mark Edward Mackay, Giménez Luis
Abstract excerpt
Offspring size variation in relation to maternal size and season is characteristic of a range of species living in seasonal environments. Little is known about the proximate mechanisms explaining the links between maternally driven variation in offspring phenotypes, for instance when mothers have different diets depending on their size or the season. Here, we use stable isotopes techniques to quantify size...
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