Dissertation Research: Growth Rate Variation: Sources and Fitness Consequences

9520694阿诺德研究将专注于一个人的生长速度如何影响其成熟年龄、寿命及其后代的存活。研究人员还将研究生长成本、与个体寿命相关的成本、其后代的健康，以及环境和遗传对塔莫诺菲斯优雅种群之间和种群内变异的影响。将使用三种方法：自然实验、实验室实验和数学建模。最终，这些研究问题的答案将有助于理解环境如何与个体的基因构成相结合，以塑造其生长、成熟和生存。

9520694 Arnold Research will focus on how an individual's growth rate affects its age of maturation, its longevity and its offspring's survival. The investigators will also examine the costs to growth, costs associated with an individual's lifespan, the health of its offspring, and the environmental and genetic influences on variation among and within populations of Thamonophis elegans. Three approaches will be used: experiments in nature, experiments in the laboratory, and mathematical modeling. Ultimately, the answers to these research questions will contribute to an understanding of how the environment combines with an individual's genetic makeup to shape its growth, maturation, ald survival.