Quantitative genetics of phosphorus content in the freshwater herbivore, Daphnia pulicaria.

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Phosphorus (P) is essential for growth of all organisms, and P content is correlated with growth in most taxa. Although P content was initially considered to be a trait fixed at the species level, there is growing evidence for considerable intraspecific variation. Selection on such variation can thus alter the rates at which P fluxes through food webs. Nevertheless, prior work describing the sources and extent of...

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