Sex differences in compensatory and catch-up growth in the mosquitofish  Gambusia holbrooki

Livingston, Julianne D.; Kahn, Andrew; Jennions, Michael

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Sex differences in compensatory and catch-up growth in the mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki

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2014

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Livingston, Julianne D.

Kahn, Andrew

Jennions, Michael

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Springer

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In many taxa, temporary nutritional shortage early in development can favour compensatory strategies that include elevated growth ('compensatory growth') and/or extension of the usual period of development ('catch-up growth') once conditions improve. The

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Evolutionary Ecology

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10.1007/s10682-014-9691-1

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