Plant and Animal Reproductive Strategies: Lessons from Offspring Size and Number Tradeoffs

Plant and Animal Reproductive Strategies: Lessons from Offspring Size and Number Tradeoffs

The tradeoff between offspring size and number is ubiquitous and manifestly similar in plants and animals despite fundamental differences between the evolutionary histories of these two major life forms. Fecundity (offspring number) primarily affects parental fitness, while offspring size underpins...

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Main Authors: K. G. Srikanta Dani, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
parent-offspring conflicts
offspring size-number tradeoff
sibling rivalry
maternal genetic controls
optimization models
Arabidopsis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00038/full

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