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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Individual phenotype, kinship, and the occurrence of inbreeding in song sparrows.

2 Dec 2008 Inbreeding load, a key parameter in evolutionary ecology, is frequently estimated by regressing fitness (or related traits) on inbreeding coefficient across population members. This approach assumes that inbreeding occurs randomly with respect to ... Read more...

Behavioural phenotype affects social interactions in an animal network.

5 Nov 2008 Animal social networks can be extremely complex and are characterized by highly non-random interactions between group members. However, very little is known about the underlying factors affecting interaction preferences, and hence network ... Read more...

Starving the competition: a proximate cause of reproductive skew in burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides).

5 Nov 2008 Proximate mechanisms underlying reproductive skew are obscure in many animals that breed communally. Here, we address causes of reproductive skew in brood-parasitic associations of burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides). Male and female burying ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Body Size'

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• Individual phenotype, kinship, and the occurrence of inbreeding in song sparrows. 2 Dec 2008
• Behavioural phenotype affects social interactions in an animal network. 5 Nov 2008
• Starving the competition: a proximate cause of reproductive skew in burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides). 5 Nov 2008
• Neck circumference and difficult intubation. 30 Oct 2008
• Does divergence in female mate choice affect male size distributions in two cave fish populations? 21 Oct 2008
• Autosomal variation for male body size and sperm competition phenotypes is uncorrelated in Drosophila melanogaster. 21 Oct 2008
• Experimental heating reveals nest temperature affects nestling condition in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). 21 Oct 2008
• Assortative mating and the role of phenotypic plasticity in male competition: implications for gene flow among host-associated parasitoid populations. 21 Oct 2008
• Environmental variation at the onset of independent foraging affects full-grown body mass in the red fox. 20 Oct 2008
• Dynamics of haemopoiesis across mammals. 20 Oct 2008
• Canine fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 sequence is conserved across dogs of divergent skeletal size. 19 Oct 2008
• Paleontology. Sauropod gigantism. 8 Oct 2008
• The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge. 8 Oct 2008
• Extant mammal body masses suggest punctuated equilibrium. 5 Oct 2008
• The influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among indigenous Siberians. 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of incubation temperature on growth and performance of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus). 29 Sep 2008
• Care and parentage in a skin-feeding caecilian amphibian. 29 Sep 2008
• Unilateral ovariectomy increases egg size and reduces follicular atresia in the semelparous coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. 29 Sep 2008
• Morphometrics of wild black-and-white ruffed lemurs [Varecia variegata; Kerr, 1792]. 29 Sep 2008
• Caste determination in a polymorphic social insect: nutritional, social, and genetic factors. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Body Size'

Definition: The physical measurements of a body.

Descriptor UI: D049628

Alternative terms: Body Size; Body Sizes; Size, Body; Sizes, Body;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology;

Tree Number: E01.370.600.115.100.160; E05.978.077.160; G07.100.100.160; G07.700.320.249.314;

History Note: 2005; use BODY CONSTITUTION 1984-2004