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Temperature treatments during larval development reveal extensive heritable and plastic variation in gene expression and life history traits.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2013
Kvist Jouni, Wheat Christopher W, Kallioniemi Eveliina, Saastamoinen Marjo, Hanski Ilkka, Frilander Mikko J
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about variation in gene expression that affects life history traits in wild populations of outcrossing species. Here, we analyse heritability of larval development traits and associated variation in gene expression in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) across three ecologically relevant temperatures. We studied the development of final-instar larvae, which is greatly affected by...
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