Male sexual signal predicts phenotypic plasticity in offspring: implications for the evolution of plasticity and local adaptation
- Award ID(s):
- 1643239
- PAR ID:
- 10100938
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Volume:
- 374
- Issue:
- 1768
- ISSN:
- 0962-8436
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 20180179
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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