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A region of the sex chromosome associated with population differences in diapause induction contains highly divergent alleles at clock genes.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2021
Pruisscher Peter, Nylin Sören, Wheat Christopher West, Gotthard Karl
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Developmental plasticity describes the capacity of individuals with the same genotype to induce permanent change in a phenotype depending on a specific external input. One well-studied example of adaptive developmental plasticity is the induction of facultative diapause in insects. Studies investigating the inheritance of diapause induction have suggested diverse genetic origins. However, only few studies have...
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