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WEANING WEIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEVANT VOLE (MICROTUS GUENTHERI)

In: Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
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A. GERMAN Unit of Vertebrate Pest Control, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center

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Parental investment affects the weaning weight of the Levant vole, and this in turn affects the voles' adult weight, the absolute (but not relative) weight of the testes and the seminal vesicles in adult males, and the size of the females' first Utters, even in conditions of an unlimited food supply. The compensatory growth of small individuals only slightly reduces the effect. Weaning weight affects the rate of maturation only in females. The decisive role of parental investment is also confirmed by a much closer similarity in body weight (at all ages) among siblings than among nonrelated individuals.

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