Does thermoregulatory behavior maximize reproductive fitness of natural isolates of <it>Caenorhabditis elegans?</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A central premise of physiological ecology is that an animal's preferred body temperature should correspond closely with the temperature maximizing performance and Darwinian fitness. Testing this co-adaptational hypothesis has b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-06-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/157 |