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St Juliana, J. R. (2007). Can natural phenotypic variances be estimated reliably under homogeneous laboratory conditions? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(4), 1406–1414.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Juliana2007 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Chelydra, Chelydra serpentina, Chelydridae, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Zeitigung = incubation Creators: , St Juliana Collection: Journal of Evolutionary Biology |
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AbstractThe phenotypic variance is assumed to be greater in a more heterogeneous environment. The validity of this assumption is important for microevolutionists to extrapolate results from the laboratory to field environments. We subjected clutches of eggs from common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) to a split-family design to evaluate the variability in incubation time and four size traits of neonates from eggs incubated in the laboratory and those left in situ. Mean size measurements were similar between the laboratory and the field, but incubation time was systematically longer in the field. We found no tendency among clutches for hatchlings resulting from eggs incubated in laboratory or field environments to demonstrate greater variability. Also contrary to expectation, clutches that experienced greater thermal variation in the field did not exhibit greater variation in phenotypic traits. Consequently, extrapolating results from the laboratory to the field may not always be problematic for microevolutionary analyses.
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