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Temperature- and sex-related effects of serine protease alleles on larval development in the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Dec 2015
Ahola V, Koskinen P, Wong S C, Kvist J, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Saastamoinen M, Frilander M J, Lehtonen R, Hanski I
Abstract excerpt
The body reserves of adult Lepidoptera are accumulated during larval development. In the Glanville fritillary butterfly, larger body size increases female fecundity, but in males fast larval development and early eclosion, rather than large body size, increase mating success and hence fitness. Larval growth rate is highly heritable, but genetic variation associated with larval development is largely unknown. By...
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