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Predator-induced transgenerational phenotypic plasticity in the cotton aphid.
Oecologia - 1 Jan 2005
Mondor Edward B, Rosenheim Jay A, Addicott John F
Abstract excerpt
Transgenerational phenotypic changes, whereby offspring have an altered trait or a distinct alternate phenotype, frequently occur in response to increased maternal predation risk. The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glover), is unique, however, as offspring consist of four distinct phenotypes ("normal" light green apterae, "normal" dark green apterae, "dwarf" yellow apterae, and alatae), all with divergent life...
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