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Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing-polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2022
Treidel Lisa A, Quintanilla Ramirez Gessen S, Chung Dillon J, Menze Michael A, Vázquez-Medina José P, Williams Caroline M
Abstract excerpt
Life history and metabolism covary, but the mechanisms and individual traits responsible for these linkages remain unresolved. Dispersal capability is a critical component of life history that is constrained by metabolic capacities for energy production. Conflicting relationships between metabolism and life histories may be explained by accounting for variation in dispersal and maximal metabolic rates. We used...
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