Phenotypic plasticity in three Daphnia genotypes in response to predator kairomone: evidence for an involvement of chitin deacetylases.

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The genetic background of inducible morphological defences in Daphnia is still largely unknown. Dissolved infochemicals from the aquatic larvae of the phantom midge Chaoborus induce so-called 'neck-teeth' in the first three post-embryonic stages of Daphnia pulex This defence has become a textbook example of inducible defences. In a target gene approach, by using three Daphnia genotypes which show a gradient of...

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