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Multiple cues for winged morph production in an aphid metacommunity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Mehrparvar Mohsen, Zytynska Sharon E, Weisser Wolfgang W
Abstract excerpt
Environmental factors can lead individuals down different developmental pathways giving rise to distinct phenotypes (phenotypic plasticity). The production of winged or unwinged morphs in aphids is an example of two alternative developmental pathways. Dispersal is paramount in aphids that often have a metapopulation structure, where local subpopulations frequently go extinct, such as the specialized aphids on...
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