Article
Temporal gene expression variation associated with eyespot size plasticity in Bicyclus anynana.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Oliver Jeffrey C, Ramos Diane, Prudic Kathleen L, Monteiro Antónia
Abstract excerpt
Seasonal polyphenism demonstrates an organism's ability to respond to predictable environmental variation with alternative phenotypes, each presumably better suited to its respective environment. However, the molecular mechanisms linking environmental variation to alternative phenotypes via shifts in development remain relatively unknown. Here we investigate temporal gene expression variation in the seasonally...
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Environment
- Eye
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genetic Variation
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Notch
- Seasons