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deprecated concept > body size

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body size  

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  • Body size is an important determinant of fitness in many organisms. While size will typically changeover the lifetime of an individual, heritable components of phenotypic variance may also showontogenetic variation... , "[James M. Cheverud] Body size is an archetypal quantitative trait with variation due to the segregation of many geneloci, each of relatively minor effect, and the environment... , "[CHRISTIAN P ETER K LINGENBERG] Body size is a central element in current theories of life-history evolution. Models for optimal age at maturity are based on the assumptions that there is a trade-off between development time and adult size and that larger size provides a reproductive advantage. 2. The results of large, replicated experiments with the water strider Gerris buenoi (Heteroptera: Gerridae) contradict both these assumptions...

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  • bodies size
  • bodies sizes
  • body sized
  • body sizes
  • body sizing

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  • MS Academic Keywords

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0147

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