Selection gradients based on genetic covariance of seedling traits and responses to selection at this stage involved traits related to biomass allocation (SMF) and growth (as decomposed by a Gompertz model) or delayed ontogenetic change, depending also on the testing environment.
Neonatal lesioning delayed the ontogenetic decline in DNA synthesis: this effect was not shared by protein synthesis.
To survive long periods of low food availability, copepods undergo an ontogenetic vertical deep migration to delay their development to adulthood [ 31].
Takimoto [24] theoretically demonstrated that an adaptive ontogenetic niche shift (i.e., juveniles delay or advance the niche shift timing depending on juvenile resource availability) has a stabilizing effect (i.e., negative feedback regulation).
In conclusion, the longitudinal survey of the hepatic transcriptomic response in offspring of dams fed either a gestational low protein diet (LP, 6% CP) or an adequate protein diet (AP, 12% CP) at prenatal (94 dpc), perinatal (1 dpn), juvenile(28 dpn), and adult (188 dpn) ontogenetic stages revealed acute short-term and delayed long-term modulations.
In Mediterranean environments, drought stress and inter-specific competition play overarching roles [ 23, 55] and, therefore, individuals with a delayed developmental status (i.e. that reach a bigger size before ontogenetic changes take place) could be more efficiently established, as suggested by our results.
Werning, S. The ontogenetic osteohistology of Tenontosaurus tilletti.
The ontogenetic series of Ceratosaurus is still unclear.
Then, delay followed delay.
They also consume more ethanol than in later ontogenetic stages.
