Alternative Life-History Styles of AnimalsMichael N. Bruton |
Contents
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Developmental biology and alternative life styles by В | 43 |
On divergent and progressive evolution by S Løvtrup 55 | 71 |
Alternative lifehistory styles in reptiles by W R Branch | 127 |
Environmentally guided phenotype plasticity in mammals | 152 |
Sex change as an alternative lifehistory style by D | 177 |
a habitat | 197 |
saltatory or otherwise? by P | 245 |
The epigenetic mechanisms of bifurcation and alternative | 467 |
The ecological significance of alternative lifehistory styles | 502 |
What is the difference between neoDarwinism and epigenetics? 559 | 557 |
List of contributors | 591 |
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adaptations adult Alternative Life-History Styles altricial Amer anurans aquatic arctic charr Balon behaviour bifurcation Biol biology biotic birds blackwinged plovers body breeding Bruton cichlids clutch correlated cycle developmental differentiation direct development diversity Duellman ecological ecosystems eggs embryo environment environmental epigenesis epigenetic evolution evolutionary exogenous feeding fecundity female fishes Geist gene genetic groups growth habitat hatching incubation individuals initial phase males insects interactions irroratus iteroparity juvenile K-selection larvae lightfooti litter Løvtrup macromutation mammals Mastomys mating maturity mechanisms median eminence megaherbivores metamorphosis mutillid Mutillidae natalensis neoteny niche occur ontogenetic ontogeny organisms paedomorphosis parthenogenesis patterns period phenotype phylogenetic pneumorid population precocial predation predictable pronephros pumilio reproductive modes reptiles Rhabdomys salmonid saltatory Salvelinus sex change sexual Simuliidae Simulium South Africa spawning specialised speciation species stability stages strategies survival taxa taxon temperature theory University Press variable variation Vertebrate viviparity yolksac young Zool