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The parental effects of body size on developmental phenotype in Harmonia axyridis.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Dec 2020
Michaud J P, Bayoumy M H, Perumal R, Awadalla S S, El-Gendy M, Abdelwahab A H
Abstract excerpt
Body size is a trait with many potential impacts on fitness. Adult body size can affect the strength of condition-dependent parental effects that determine offspring phenotypes, with potentially important transgenerational consequences. In a preliminary experiment, larval food deprivation (30 min daily access) created Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) females that weighed <50% of controls...
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