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Development time and body size in Eupolyphaga sinensis along a latitudinal gradient from China.
Environmental entomology - 1 Feb 2011
Hu Yuwei, Zhu Fen, Wang Xiaoping, Lei Chaoliang
Abstract excerpt
The responses of organisms to temperature variations may be via short term responses of the phenotype (phenotypic plasticity), or they could involve long-term evolutionary change and adaptation (via selection) to the genotype. These could involve changes to the mean size of the animal or to the thermal reaction norm. We examined the effects of various temperatures (of 22, 25, 28, and 31 °C) on development time,...
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