Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2010 Phenotypic plasticity, sexual dimorphism and Rensch's rule in turtles Claudia Patricia Ceballos Fonseca Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons Recommended Citation Ceballos Fonseca, Claudia Patricia, "Phenotypic plasticity, sexual dimorphism and Rensch's rule in turtles" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 11691. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/11691 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Phenotypic plasticity, sexual dimorphism and Rensch's rule in turtles by Claudia Patricia Ceballos Fonseca A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program of Study Committee: Nicole Valenzuela, Major Professor Dean C. Adams Jeanne Serb Carol M. Vleck Kirk Moloney Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2010 Copyright © Claudia Patricia Ceballos Fonseca, 2010. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION I dedicate this research to my father and mother, Héctor and Mercedes. Their loving support has always been there for me. You are always in my heart; you are my biggest treasure. I also dedicate this work to my family, Iván, Hugo, Azucena, Marcela, Mateo, and Milena. Thanks for being my best friends, at home and in the distance.