The Physiology of Life History Trade-Offs in Animals
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چکیده
The functional causes of life history trade-offs have been a topic of interest to evolutionary biologists for over six decades. Our review of life history trade-offs discusses conceptual issues associated with physiological aspects of trade-offs, and it describes recent advances on this topic. We focus on studies of four model systems: wing polymorphic insects, Drosophila, lizards, and birds. The most signifi cant recent advances have been: (a) incorporation of genetics in physiological studies of trade-offs, (b) integration of investigations of nutrient input with nutrient allocation, (c) development of more sophisticated models of resource acquisition and allocation, (d) a shift to more integrated, multidisciplinary studies of intraspecifi c trade-offs, and (e) the fi rst detailed investigations of the endocrine regulation of life history trade-offs.
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Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs edited by Thomas Flatt and Andreas Heyland Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits
and Trade-Offs edited by Thomas Flatt and Andreas Heyland Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs by Thomas Flatt; Andreas Heyland Review by: Mark Viney The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87, No. 3 (September 2012), pp. 255-256 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/666772 ....
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