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Developmental decoupling of alternative phenotypes: insights from the transcriptomes of horn-polyphenic beetles.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Snell-Rood Emilie C, Cash Amy, Han Mira V, Kijimoto Teiya, Andrews Justen, Moczek Armin P
Abstract excerpt
Developmental mechanisms play an important role in determining the costs, limits, and evolutionary consequences of phenotypic plasticity. One issue central to these claims is the hypothesis of developmental decoupling, where alternate morphs result from evolutionarily independent developmental pathways. We address this assumption through a microarray study that tests whether differences in gene expression between...
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