Article
Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal.
BMC evolutionary biology - 29 Nov 2012
Everett Andrew, Tong Xiaoling, Briscoe Adriana D, Monteiro Antónia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Animals often display phenotypic plasticity in morphologies and behaviors that result in distinct adaptations to fluctuating seasonal environments. The butterfly Bicyclus anynana has two seasonal forms, wet and dry, that vary in wing ornament brightness and in the identity of the sex that performs the most courting and choosing. Rearing temperature is the cue for producing these alternative seasonal...
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Compound Eye, Arthropod
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Male
- Opsins
- Phenotype
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Seasons
- Sex Factors