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The evolutionary genetics of egg size plasticity in a butterfly.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2005

Steigenga M J, Zwaan B J, Brakefield P M, Fischer K

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Abstract The evolution of phenotypic plasticity requires that it is adaptive, genetically determined, and exhibits sufficient genetic variation. For the tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana there is evidence that temperature-mediated plasticity in egg size is an adaptation to predictable seasonal change. Here we set out to investigate heritability in egg size and genetic variation in the plastic response to...

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PMID: 15715834
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00855.x

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