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Macronutrient intake and simulated infection threat independently affect life history traits of male decorated crickets.
Kristin R Duffield, Kylie J Hampton, Thomas M Houslay, James Rapkin, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd, Scott K Sakaluk
Nov 30, 2020
Nutritional geometry has advanced our understanding of how macronutrients (e.g., proteins and carbohydrates) influence the expression of life history traits and their corresponding trade-offs. For example, recent work has...
Low Maternal Capital Predicts Life History Trade-Offs in Daughters
Jonathan CK Wells, Tim J Cole, Mario Cortina-Borja, Rebecca Sear, David A Leon, Akanksha A Marphatia, Joseph Murray, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Paula D Oliveira, Helen Gonçalves, Isabel O Oliveira, Ana Maria B Menezes
Nov 17, 2020
Background: Some individuals appear prone to multiple adverse outcomes, including poor health, school dropout, risky behavior and early reproduction. This clustering remains poorly understood. Drawing on evolutionary life...
Short-term resource allocation during extensive athletic competition
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Objectives: Following predictions from life history theory, we sought to identify acute trade-offs between reproductive effort (as measured by psychological arousal) and somatic maintenance (via functional measures of...
Fluctuating asymmetry, a marker of poor growth quality, is associated with adult male metabolic rate.
Daniel P Longman, Sakura Oyama, James Cracknell, Nathan Thompson, Dan Gordon, Jay T Stock, Jonathan CK Wells
Jun 25, 2021
OBJECTIVES: Life history theory, a branch of evolutionary theory, predicts the existence of trade-offs in energetic allocation between competing physiological functions. The core metabolic cost of self-maintenance, measured by...
Life history trade-offs associated with exposure to low maternal capital are different in sons compared to daughters
Jonathan CK Wells, Tim J Cole, Mario Cortina-Borja, Rebecca Sear, David A Leon, Akanksha A Marphatia, Joseph Murray, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Paula D Oliveira, Helen Gonçalves, Isabel O Oliveira, Ana Maria B Menezes
Oct 04, 2022