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Adaptive Plasticity of Insect Eggs in Response to Environmental Challenges.
Annual review of entomology - 23 Jan 2023
Hilker Monika, Salem Hassan, Fatouros Nina E
Abstract excerpt
Insect eggs are exposed to a plethora of abiotic and biotic threats. Their survival depends on both an innate developmental program and genetically determined protective traits provided by the parents. In addition, there is increasing evidence that (a) parents adjust the egg phenotype to the actual needs, (b) eggs themselves respond to environmental challenges, and (c) egg-associated microbes actively shape the...
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