Mechanisms of life history evolution : the genetics and physiology of life history traits and trade-offs / edited by Thomas Flatt, Andreas Heyland.. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - xxv, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford biology . - Oxford biology. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-468) and index.

Integrating mechanistic and evolutionary analysis of life history variation / Christian Braendle, Andreas Heyland, and Thomas Flatt -- Genomic insights into life history evolution / Derek A. Roff -- Emerging patterns in the regulation and evolut Evolution and mechanisms of insect reproductive diapause, a plastic and pleiotropic life history syndrome / Paul S. Schmidt -- Seasonal polyphenisms and environmentally-induced plasticity in the lepidoptera - the coordinated evolution of many tr Intermediary metabolism and the biochemical-molecular basis of life history variation and trade-offs in two insect models / Anthony J. Zera and Lawrence G. Harshman -- Epistatic social and endocrine networks and the evolution of life history tra Mechanisms of nutrient dependent reproduction in dipteran insects / Alan O. Bergland -- Mechanisms underlying reproductive trade-offs: costs of reproduction / Dominic A. Edward and Tracey Chapman -- Patterns and processes of human life history e

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Evolutionary genetics.
Life cycles (Biology)

QH501 / .M43 2011