Maternal effects in mammals
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University of Chicago Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chicago |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 345 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780226501192 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226501208 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226501191 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226501205 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q953 |
CLC: | Q953 |
Call Number: | Q953/M425 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The role of maternal effects in mammalian evolution and adaptation / Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo -- The genetics and evolutionary consequences of maternal effects / James M. Cheverud and Jason B. Wolf -- A theoretical overview of genetic maternal effects : evolutionary predictions and empirical tests with mammalian data / Michael J. Wade, Nicholas K. Priest, and Tami E. Cruickshank -- Maternal effects on evolutionary dynamics in wild small mammals / Andrew G. McAdam -- Maternal effects in wild ungulates / Alastair J. Wilson and Marco Festa-Bianchet -- Maternal effects on offspring s |