Using posterior means derived from these Bayesian models we build a broader likelihood model to predict growth and survival of all species under a range of environmental and ontogenetic conditions, to identify relationships between traits and demography, and quantify the role of environmental and ontogenetic context.
Cobb, S. N. & O'Higgins, P. Hominins do not share a common postnatal facial ontogenetic shape trajectory.
If functional traits confer advantages to different species under different environmental [8], [9] or ontogenetic [10] conditions, this could help explain the high diversity of coexisting forest tree species.
In C. elegans, however, the time of egg deposition is a poor indicator of the egg's developmental stage, as the time from egg fertilization to egg-laying can vary considerably depending on the physiological condition and ontogenetic stage of the animal to be assayed ([ 32]: p. 157).
There may be several reasons for this, including a lack of polymorphism in this population, variable loci effects in different genetic backgrounds (i.e. epistasis), instability of the QTL over varying ontogenetic stages or seasonal conditions, or confounding environmental influences.
We assumed a simple additive relationship between the effects of ontogenetic development and environmental conditions on the realized growth rate of the individual: G t = f(O) + g(E) where O is ontogenetic stage, E is the sum of environmental conditions and f and g are mathematical functions.
Thirdly, ontogenetic variation in shape in one genus is parallel to the ontogenetic variation in the other.
These results highlight how different ontogenetic stages and seasonal environmental conditions influence the identification of reliable and reproducible QTL and reinforce the requirement for further validation in alternate populations and different environmental conditions to improve our understanding of the genetic basis to variation in this important agronomic trait.
This ontogenetic aspect of the transitory monociliated condition has not been considered in this phylogenetic analysis.
Manipulating hatchery rearing conditions allowed us to experimentally evaluate the relative importance of such phenological (match mismatch) and ontogenetic (ready-or-not) selection under early stocking conditions.
